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diphthong
noun
diphยทโthong หdif-หthศฏล
หdip-
1
linguistics : a gliding (see GLIDE entry 1 sense 4) monosyllabic speech sound (such as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another
Examples of diphthong in a Sentence
The sounds of โouโ in โoutโ and of โoyโ in โboyโ are diphthongs.
Middle Englishย diptonge, from Middle Frenchย diptongue, from Late Latinย dipthongus, from Greekย diphthongos, fromย di-ย +ย phthongosย voice, sound
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diphthong
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