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English
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Etymology
French diphtongue, from Greek δίÏÎ¸Î¿Î³Î³Î¿Ï "two sounds"
Pronunciation
IPA|/Ëdɪf.θÉÅ/ or /Ëdɪp.θÉÅ/ (RP)
IPA|/ËdɪfθÉËÅ/ or /ËdɪpθÉËÅ/ (US)
IPA|/Ëdɪf.θÉÅ/ (CA)
Audio|en-ca-diphthong.ogg|Audio (CA)
audio|en-us-diphthong.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- phonetics A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
#: For example: "ae", "ou", "
- Joined vowels, pronounced as one, such as a and e in æ, and o and e in Å
Translations
trans-top|a complex vowel sound
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Spanish: diptongo m
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trans-top|joined vowels pronounced as one
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ttbc|Chinese: åéåé³ (shuangchongyuanyin)
ttbc|Dutch: diftong c, tweeklank m
ttbc|French: diphtongue f
ttbc|German: Diphthong m
ttbc|Greek: δίÏÎ¸Î¿Î³Î³Î¿Ï f
ttbc|Icelandic: tvÃhljóð n, tvÃhljóði m
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ttbc|Italian: dittongo m
ttbc|Japanese: äºéæ¯é³ (nijÅ« boin)
ttbc|Portuguese: ditongo m
ttbc|Russian: диÑÑонг (dÃf-toÅk) m
ttbc|Swedish: diftong
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Derived terms
diphthongal
diphthongize
diphthongization
See also
digraph
glide
ligature
monophthong
triphthong
Category:Greek derivations
fa:diphthong
fr:diphthong
gl:diphthong
io:diphthong
id:diphthong
la:diphthong
ru:diphthong
vi:diphthong
tr:diphthong
zh:diphthong
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