Associations to the word «Diphthong»

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

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery