Definizione monolingua

diphthong

diphthong (plural diphthongs)

1. (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.

   For example: ""ae"", ""au"", ""ou""

2. (rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
   • 1854, Robert Bigsby, Historical and Topographical Description of Repton, in the County of Derby, Woodfall and Kinder, page 47:

     And he might have written the name, also, with the diphthong æ, as well as the single vowel, in the initial syllable, throughout all the preceding forms.

   • 1860, Joseph E. Worcester, An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language, A New Edition, Swan, Brewer, and Tileston (publishers), page 12:

     An improper diphthong has only one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in heat, oa in coal.

   • 1874, Theophilus Dwight Hall, A Child’s First Latin Book, John Murray (publisher), page 3:

     The diphthong ae is sounded like ? (§7); that is, it has the sound of ey in they.

Definizione dizionario diphthong

	dittongo
	complex vowel sound

Altri significati:

Combination of two (or three, in triphthong) vocalic elements in a single syllable.

(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.

(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.