diphthong

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And the successive vowels should not be treated as a diphthong, though some small degree of slurring between them is inevitable.

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  1. noun A complex speech sound or glide that begins with one vowel and gradually changes to another vowel within the same syllable, as (oi) in boil or (ī) in fine.

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  • And the successive vowels should not be treated as a diphthong, though some small degree of slurring between them is inevitable. —  Ask MetaFilter
  • «A syllable is long a. If it contains a long vowel or a diphthong, as «cū´-r poe´-nae», «aes-tā´-te b. If it ends in a consonant which is followed by another consonant, as «cor´-pus», «mag´-nus NOTE. —  Latin for Beginners
  • It takes about as long to pronounce a short vowel plus a consonant as it does to pronounce a long vowel or a diphthong, and so these quantities are considered equally long. —  Latin for Beginners
  • _ If it contains a long vowel or a diphthong, as «cū´-rō», —  Latin for Beginners
  • Two vowels together must never be sounded as a diphthong, and a long vowel counts for two syllables, likewise a final "n", and the consonant "m" in some cases. —  Japanese Prints
 

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  1. Middle English diptonge, from Old French diptongue, from Late Latin diphthongus, from Greek diphthongos : di-, two; see di-1 + phthongos, sound.

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  1. Formerly also dipthong; = French diphthongue = Provencal diptonge = Sp.diptongo = Portuguese diphthongo, ditongo = Italian dittongo = Dutch diphthongus = German diphthong = Danish Swedish diftongo, from Late Latin diphthongus, = from Gr.δίφθογγος, also δίφθογγον, a diphthong, feminine and neuter respectively of δίφθογγος, with two sounds, from δι-, two-, + φθόγγος, voice, sound, from φθέγγεσθαι, utter a sound.
 

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/ˈdɪpθɔŋ/
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