Associations to the word «Diphthong»
Noun
Adjective
- Oral
- Harmonic
- Rising
- Grammatical
- Icelandic
- Ascending
- Saxon
- Vedic
- Portuguese
- Cf
- Sounded
- Plural
- Singular
- Arabic
- Articulated
- Liquid
- Long
- Classical
- Slovak
- Bengali
- Romanian
- Standard
- Short
- Greek
- Archaic
- Latvian
- Component
- English
- Initial
- Variant
- Tense
- Corresponding
- Distinctive
- Finnish
- Proper
- Raising
- Represented
- Distinct
- Marginal
- Separate
- Gaelic
- Hawaiian
- Or
- Estonian
- Welsh
- Unchanged
- Lowered
- Malay
Adverb
Wiktionary
DIPHTHONG, 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.
DIPHTHONG, noun. (rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
Dictionary definition
DIPHTHONG, noun. A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another.
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.