Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - diphthong
Diphthong
diphthong
n. 1 a speech sound in one syllable in which the articulation begins as for one vowel and moves as for another (as in coin, loud, and side). 2 a a digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat). b a compound vowel character; a ligature (as {aelig}). Derivatives diphthongal adj. Etymology: F diphtongue f. LL diphthongus f. Gk diphthoggos (as DI-(1), phthoggos voice)
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noun Etymology: Middle English diptonge, from Middle French diptongue, from Late Latin dipthongus, from Greek ~os, from di+ phthongos voice, sound Date: 15th century a gliding monosyllabic speech sound (as the vowel combination at the end of toy) that starts at or near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves to or toward the position of another, digraph, the ligature æ or œ, ~al adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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