diphthong
n . 双重母音,双母音字,连母音字
双重母音,双母音字,连母音字
diphthong n 1 :
a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another Diphthong \
Diph "
thong \ (?;
115 ,
277 ),
n . [
L .
diphthongus ,
Gr . ?;
di - =
di `
s -
twice ?
voice ,
sound ,
fr . ?
to utter a sound :
cf .
F .
diphthongue .] (
Ortho ["
e ]
py )
(
a )
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable ;
as ,
ou in out ,
oi in noise ; --
called a {
proper diphthong }.
(
b )
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 }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Diphthong \
Diph "
thong \,
v .
t .
To form or pronounce as a diphthong ;
diphthongize . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "
diphthong ":
allophone ,
alveolar ,
apico -
alveolar ,
apico -
dental ,
articulation ,
aspiration ,
assimilation ,
bilabial ,
cacuminal ,
cerebral ,
check ,
consonant ,
continuant ,
dental ,
dissimilation ,
epenthetic vowel ,
explosive ,
glide ,
glottal ,
glottalization ,
guttural ,
labial ,
labialization ,
labiodental ,
labiovelar ,
laryngeal ,
lateral ,
lingual ,
liquid ,
manner of articulation ,
modification ,
monophthong ,
morphophoneme ,
mute ,
nasal ,
occlusive ,
palatal ,
parasitic vowel ,
peak ,
pharyngeal ,
pharyngealization ,
phone ,
phoneme ,
plosive ,
prothetic vowel ,
retroflex ,
segmental phoneme ,
semivowel ,
sonant ,
sonority ,
speech sound ,
stop ,
surd ,
syllabic nucleus ,
syllabic peak ,
syllable ,
transition sound ,
triphthong ,
velar ,
vocable ,
vocalic ,
vocoid ,
voice ,
voiced sound ,
voiceless sound ,
voicing ,
vowel
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