Definition of Diphthongic. Meaning of Diphthongic. Synonyms of Diphthongic

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Definition of Diphthongic

Diphthongic
Diphthongic Diph*thong"ic (?; 115), a. Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. --H. Sweet.

Meaning of Diphthongic from wikipedia

- A diphthong (/ˈdɪfθɒŋ/ DIF-thong or /ˈdɪpθɒŋ/ DIP-thong; from Gr****: δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally "double sound" or "double tone"; from δίς "twice"...
- 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...
- 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...
- called a pure vowel. The conversions of monophthongs to diphthongs (diphthongization), and of diphthongs to monophthongs (monophthongization), are major elements...
- here involved at least one phoneme which historically was a diphthong. Old English diphthongs could be short or long. Both kinds arose from sound changes...
- 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...
- number of languages diphthongized some of the free vowels, especially the open-mid vowels /ɛ ɔ/: Spanish consistently diphthongized all open-mid vowels...
- cloak' contains examples of the /əʊ/ diphthong in the two different contexts. The onset of the pre-/l/ diphthong in 'fold' is slightly more back and rounded...
- designate the same diphthong /ʊi/ (shortened to /u/ in some environments). In both languages, it can also form part of diphthongs such as ⟨ey⟩ (in both...
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