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Definitions of diphthong in various dictionaries:
noun - a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
DIPHTHONG - A diphthong ( DIF-thong or DIP-thong; from Greek: , diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combina...
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| It's a vowel sound that has a change in tone during a syllable; it also sounds like beachwear for a quick swim |
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| A complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or () in fine. |
| a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in icoini, iloudi, and isidei ). |
| a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another |
| a vowel sound in which the tongue changes position to produce the sound of two vowels |
| A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin, loud, and side). |
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A diphthong ( DIF-thong or DIP-thong; from Greek: , diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Technically, a diphthong is a vowel with two different targets: that is, the tongue (and/or other parts of the speech apparatus) moves during the pronunciation of the vowel. In many dialects of English, the phrase no highway cowboys has five distinct diphthongs, one in every syllable. * Diphthongs contrast with monophthongs, where the tongue or other speech organs do not move and the syllable contains only a single vowel sound. For instance, in English, the word ah is spoken as a monophthong (), while the word ow is spoken as a diphthong in most dialects (). Where two adjacent vowel sounds occur in different syllablesfor example, in the English word re-electthe result is described as hiatus, not as a diphthong. * Diphthongs often form when separate vowels are run together in rapid s |