Definition of Diphthong. Meaning of Diphthong. Synonyms of Diphthong

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Definition of Diphthong

Diphthong
Diphthong Diph"thong (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? voice, sound, fr. ? to utter a sound: cf. F. diphthongue.] (Ortho["e]py) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.
Diphthong
Diphthong Diph"thong, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.]

Meaning of Diphthong from wikipedia

- [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/ DIF-thong, DIP-; from Ancient Gr**** δίφθογγος (díphthongos) 'two...
- the phrase represents the diphthong /aʊ/. English orthography also uses the homophonic spelling "ou" to represent this diphthong in words like "noun" and...
- spurious diphthong (or false diphthong) is an Ancient Gr**** vowel that is etymologically a long vowel but written exactly like a true diphthong ει, ου (ei...
- linguistics, vowel breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned...
- either the diphthong /aɪ/ ("long" ⟨i⟩) as in kite, the short /ɪ/ as in bill, or the ⟨ee⟩ sound /iː/ in the last syllable of machine. The diphthong /aɪ/ developed...
- and in some dialects /ø/ – than in unstressed ones – /ɑ e u/. It had diphthongs that no longer exist in Modern English, which were /io̯ eo̯ æɑ̯/, with...
- / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. English diphthongs have undergone many changes since the Old and Middle English periods....
- in RP /iː/ and /uː/ are slightly diphthongized, and are often narrowly transcribed in phonetic literature as diphthongs [ɪi] and [ʊu]. Vowels may be phonologically...
- a result of the monophthongization that the diphthong /aj/ underwent in most words. A part of a diphthong, /aj/. Then, it has no diacritic but could be...
- developed into diphthongs of a generally less common type in which both elements are of the same height, called height-harmonic diphthongs. This process...