diphthong

diphthong

1. yhteys|fonetiikka|k=en diftongi

Synonyymisanakirja

diphthong

diftongi, vokaali, vokaaliäänne.

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diphthong rimmaa näiden kanssa:

mahjong, pingpong...

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Englannin sanakirja

diphthong (englanti > suomi)

1. diftongi, kaksoisääntiö

diphthong englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.

For example: "ae", "au", "ou"

2. puhekieltä A vowel digraph or ligature.

3. 1854, Robert Bigsby, Historical and Topographical Description of Repton, in the County of Derby, Woodfall and Kinder, http://books.google.com/books?id=68oHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA47&dq=diphthong page 47:

And he might have written the name, also, with the diphthong æ, as well as the single vowel, in the initial syllable, throughout all the preceding forms.

4. 1860, Joseph E. Worcester, An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language, A New Edition, Swan, Brewer, and Tileston (publishers), http://books.google.com/books?id=CuIzKfd61ZcC&pg=PA12&dq=diphthong page 12:

An improper diphthong has only one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in heat, oa in coal.

5. 1874, Theophilus Dwight Hall, A Child’s First Latin Book, John Murray (publisher), http://books.google.com/books?id=rsMDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3&dq=diphthong page 3:

The diphthong ae is sounded like ē (§7); that is, it has the sound of ey in they.

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