Definitionn. a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
Last update: July 29, 2015
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The diphthong ai is 1 K. [Please select]
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A diphthong is a union of two vocals, commencing with one and ending with the other. [Please select]
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If neither is marked, the two letters represent a diphthong. [Please select]
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_ A DIPHTHONG is produced by running together two vowel sounds in the same syllable. [Please select]
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A diphthong is PROPER if both the vowels are sounded; as _o_ and _i_ in _boil_. [Please select]
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An IMPROPER DIPHTHONG or DIGRAPH is merely a collection of two vowels in the same syllable, of which only one is sounded; as in _rain_, _teach_. [Please select]
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Gibbon remarks that the greatest of theological controversies which racked the Roman Empire and affected the peace of millions turned on the question whether a certain word should be spelled with one diphthong or another. [Please select]
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