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diphthong n. 雙重母音,雙母音字,連母音字 雙重母音,雙母音字,連母音字 diphthong n 1: a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for anotherDiphthong \ 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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