diftong

diftong (plural diftonge)

1. (phonology) diphthong

   Synonym: tweeklank

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [difˈtɔŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [difˈtɔŋk]

diftong m (plural diftongs)

1. diphthong

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

• IPA^(key): /diftɔnɡ/, [d̥ifˈtˢʌŋ]

diftong c (singular definite diftongen, plural indefinite diftonger)

1. diphthong

• tvelyd

• diphtong (dated)
• diphtongus (archaic)

Borrowed from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪf.tɔŋ/

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• Hyphenation: dif‧tong

diftong m (plural diftongen, diminutive diftongetje n)

1. (phonology) diphthong (a complex vowel sound)

   Synonym: tweeklank

• diftongeren

• → Indonesian: diftong

• monoftong
• triftong

From Dutch diftong, from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪftɔŋ]
• Hyphenation: dif‧tong

diftong

1. (phonetics) diphthong

• “diftong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftonger, definite plural diftongene)

1. (phonetics) a diphthong

• “diftong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “diftong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftongar, definite plural diftongane)

1. (phonetics) a diphthong

• “diftong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus.

diftong m (plural diftongi)

1. diphthong

dìftong m (Cyrillic spelling дѝфтонг)

1. diphthong

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

diftong c

1. diphthong

• monoftong
• triftong

• diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diftong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From French diphtongue.

• IPA^(key): /dif.tɔŋɡ/

diftong (definite accusative diftongu, plural diftonglar)

1. diphthong

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diftong

1. diphthong

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дифтонг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika