DIPHTHONG
\dˈɪfθɒŋ], \dˈɪfθɒŋ], \d_ˈɪ_f_θ_ɒ_ŋ]\
Definitions of DIPHTHONG
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; - called an improper diphthong.
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A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; - called an improper diphthong.
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n. [Greek] A union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable, as ou in out, oi in noise—called a proper diphthong;—a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, eo in people—called an improper diphthong.
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