"diphone" meaning in All languages combined

See diphone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ.fəʊn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-diphone.wav [US] Forms: diphones [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪfəʊn Etymology: Etymology tree English di- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone English diphone From di- + phone. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|di-|phone|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English di- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phone English diphone [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "device", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "telephone", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "far", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kʷelh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "τῆλε", "gloss" : "far away", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "télé-", "lang" : "fr" }, { "id" : "sound", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "sound", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*pʰōnā́", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "speak", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰeh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φωνή", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-phone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "téléphone", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "telephone", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "phone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "diphone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="diphone"> From di- + phone. Head templates: {{en-noun}} diphone (plural diphones)
  1. (phonetics) A pair of adjacent phones.

Inflected forms

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