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diphthong

/ˈdɪf.θɒŋ/

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noun

/ˈdɪf.θɒŋ/C1formaltechnical
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее сложный речевой звук, который начинается с одного гласного звука и плавно переходит в другой в пределах одного слога.

A noun referring to a complex speech sound that begins with one vowel sound and glides into another within the same syllable.

  1. Linguistic termC1formal

    A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, where the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another.

    ruДифтонг

    • The word 'coin' contains the diphthong /ɔɪ/.
    • In English, the vowel sound in 'house' is a diphthong.
    • Linguists study how diphthongs differ across dialects.
Forms
  • diphthongs plural form
  • diphthongs' possessive plural form
  • diphthong's possessive singular form