diptonge
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diphthong — noun Etymology: Middle English diptonge, from Middle French diptongue, from Late Latin dipthongus, from Greek diphthongos, from di + phthongos voice, sound Date: 15th century 1. a gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the … New Collegiate Dictionary
diphthong — diphthongal /dif thawng geuhl, thong , dip /, diphthongic, diphthongous, adj. /dif thawng, thong, dip /, n. 1. Phonet. an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying continuously in phonetic quality but held to be a single sound or phoneme and… … Universalium
diphthongue — (di fton gh ) s. f. Terme de grammaire. Syllabe formée de la combinaison de deux voyelles qui, prononcées par une seule émission de voix, font cependant entendre un double son : rien, Dieu, pied, premier, etc. Diphthongues propres, syllabiques,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
diphthong — diph•thong [[t]ˈdɪf θɔŋ, θɒŋ, ˈdɪp [/t]] n. 1) phn an unsegmentable, gliding speech sound varying in phonetic quality but considered to be a single sound or phoneme, as the oi sound of toy or boil[/ex] 2) ling. (not in technical use) a) a digraph … From formal English to slang
diphthong — [dif′thôŋ; ] often [ dip′thôŋ] n. [ME diptonge < LL diphthongus < Gr diphthongos < di , two + phthongos, voice, sound < phthengesthai, to utter] 1. Phonet. a complex vowel sound made by gliding continuously from the position for one… … English World dictionary
diph|thong — «DIHP thng, DIHF ; thong», noun. 1. a vowel sound made up of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable, such as ou in house, oi in noise. 2. two vowel letters joined together in printing, such as æ and œ; a ligature. 3. two vowel letters… … Useful english dictionary
