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diphthong

noun
/ˈdɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/UK/ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/US

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-) Ancient Greek φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai) Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos) Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος (dĭ́phthongos)der. Latin diphthongusbor. French diphtongueder. English diphthong From French diphtongue, from Late Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

  1. derived from δίφθογγος
  2. derived from diphthongus
  3. derived from diphtongue

Definitions

  1. A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of…

    A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.

    • In Lang Belta vowels usually appear preceding or following a consonant (see previous examples), and as of now no occurrence of diphthongs or triphthongs has been attested.

  2. A diaphoneme realized as a two-target vowel in some but not necessarily all dialects.

  3. A vowel digraph or ligature.

    • And he might have written the name, also, with the diphthong æ, as well as the single vowel, in the initial syllable, throughout all the preceding forms.
    • An improper diphthong has only one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in heat, oa in coal.
    • The diphthong ae is sounded like ē (§7); that is, it has the sound of ey in they.

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Derived

diphthongal, diphthongation, diphthongic, diphthongization, diphthongisation, diphthongize, diphthongise, diphthongoid, diphthongy, falling diphthong, murmur diphthong, rising diphthong, spurious diphthong

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diphthong. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at diphthong. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at diphthong

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA