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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesसंधiv-स्वर
Native Script:संधि स्वर
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sandhi-svar
"हिंदी में कई संयुक्त स्वर होते हैं।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another as in the pronunciation of 'oi' in coin.
"The pronunciation of the word 'house' contains a complex diphthong." - 2
A digraph representing a diphthong, such as 'ou' in out.
"Students learned how to identify the written diphthongs in the vocabulary list."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek diphthongos, meaning 'having two sounds' or 'consisting of two sounds', formed from dis ('twice') and phthongos ('sound'). It entered Late Latin as diphthongus before being adopted into English during the late Middle English period to describe complex vowel sounds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Diphthong" is said worldwide
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diphtongue
Transliteration: dif.tɔ̃ɡ
"Le mot 'reine' contient une diphtongue."
Diphthong
Transliteration: ˈdɪf.tɔŋ
"Im Deutschen gibt es mehrere wichtige Diphthonge wie 'ei' und 'au'."
dittongo
Transliteration: ditˈtɔŋ.ɡo
"La combinazione 'iu' in 'fiume' forma un dittongo."
diptongo
Transliteration: dipˈtoŋ.ɡo
"La palabra 'ciudad' contiene un diptongo."
ditongo
Transliteration: diˈtõ.ɡu
"A palavra 'pai' possui um ditongo decrescente."
संधiv-स्वर
Transliteration: sandhi-svar
Script: संधि स्वर
"हिंदी में कई संयुक्त स्वर होते हैं।"
双元音
Transliteration: shuāng yuán yīn
"汉语拼音中有几个重要的双元音。"
이중모음
Transliteration: ijung-moeum
"한국어의 'ㅐ'와 'ㅚ'는 역사적으로 이중모음이었다."
二重母音
Transliteration: nijū boin
"日本語の歴史的仮名遣いには二重母音がたくさんあります。"
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