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Ligature of vowels
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diphthong
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Diphthong \Diph"thong\, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from Middle French diphthongue , from Late Latin diphthongus , from Greek diphthongos "having two sounds," from di- "double" (see di- (1)) + phthongos "sound, voice," related to phthengesthai "utter, speak loudly."
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A frequent fault is making the diphthongs too long: each element is too clearly articulated. ▪ In 1835 the oi diphthong was systematically changed to ai in accordance with modern pronunciation in words like françois. ▪ The next ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context phonetics English) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable. 2 (context rare English) A vowel digraph or ligature.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A diphthong ( or ; from Greek : , diphthongos , literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel , is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable . Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: ...
Usage examples of diphthong.
E may be said to form a diphthong by reduplication, as agree, sleeping.
O coalesces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach: oa has the sound of o long.
He wanted me to study his tongue positions as he demonstrated the pronunciation of consonants, diphthongs, long and short vowels.
My specific problem in the barroom scene is not only that I have a Louisiana girl talking in Tidewater diphthongs imperfectly heard to begin with, but worse, that I insist on making it an element of plot it makes a difference to Levine, and therefore to what happens in the story.
But just as in language certain diphthongs and syllables are frequently recurring, so we have in the body certain secondary and tertiary combinations, which we meet more frequently than the solitary elements of which they are composed.
The Greek word, which was chosen to express this mysterious resemblance, bears so close an affinity to the orthodox symbol, that the profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong excited between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians.
The Greek word, which was chosen to express this mysterious resemblance, bears so close an affinity to the orthodox symbol, that the profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong excited between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians.
But just as in language certain diphthongs and syllables are frequently recurring, so we have in the body certain secondary and tertiary combinations, which we meet more frequently than the solitary elements of which they are composed.
Her accent, with the strange diphthongs and elongated vowels, seemed stronger than ever.
Diphthongs: In addition to the "basic", unitary vowel-sounds discussed above (what linguists would call the monophthongs), we have the Diphthongs combinations of two basic vowels that are run together into one syllable, in many ways behaving like a unitary vowel for the purpose of word-building: The Quenya Diphthongs are ai, au, eu, iu, oi, and ui.
The Greek word, which was chosen to express this mysterious resemblance, bears so close an affinity to the orthodox symbol, that the profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong excited between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians.
Blaine was listening to their frictive patterns and diphthong stress-emphasis.
It may be noted that lines 8, 16, 23, 26 will not scan unless the present diphthongs are divided, also that the poem has fewer internal rhymes than is usual in this regular verse.
In longer words it falls on the last syllable but one, where that contains a long vowel, a diphthong, or a vowel followed by two (or more) consonants.
Similarly, short vowels are markedly more frequent than long vowels or diphthongs.