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Noun Concept
Categories: Vowels, All articles needing additional references, Phonetics
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diphthong
EN
A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another WordNet 3.0
Definitions
Relations
Sources
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A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable. Wikipedia
Combination of two (or three, in triphthong) vocalic elements in a single syllable. OmegaWiki
A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable. Wiktionary
Complex vowel sound. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
vowel
phenomenon
phone
adjacent
HAS KIND
IT
dittongo mobile
opening diphthong
DERIVATION
diphthongize
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
FOLLOWED BY
triphthong
FOLLOWS
monophthong
OPPOSITE OF
hiatus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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diphthong
Wikipedia
EN
diphthong
Wikidata
EN
diphthong
Wiktionary
EN
diphthong
OmegaWiki
EN
diphthong
Wikipedia Redirections
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Ascending diphthong, Aʊ (IPA), Cent(e)ring diphthong, centering diphthong, Centring diphthong, centring diphthongs, Close front rounded to unrounded diphthong, Close front unrounded to open back diphthong, Close front unrounded to rounded diphthong, closing diphthong, Descending diphthong, Diphthongation, diphthongs, Diphtong, Dipthong, Dipthongs, Eɪ (IPA), falling diphthong, falling diphthongs, gliding vowel, height-harmonic, Height-harmonic diphthong, Height harmonic, Height harmonic diphthong, Long diphthong, Open back unrounded to close front diphthong, Opening diphthong, Oʊ (IPA), rising diphthong, rising diphthongs, Short diphthong, vowel cluster, vowel clusters, Ɔɪ (IPA), Δίφθογγος, Аɪ (IPA)
Wikidata Alias
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gliding vowel

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