"diphthong" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/ [UK], /ˈdɪpˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/ [UK], /ˈdɪfˌθɔŋ/ [US], /ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/ [US], /ˈdɪfˌθɑŋ/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger], /ˈdɪpˌθɑŋ/ [Canada, US, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-ca-diphthong.ogg [Canada], en-us-diphthong.ogg [US, proscribed] Forms: diphthongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪfθɔŋ, -ɪfθɑŋ Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From French diphtongue, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} *dwóh₁, {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{der|en|fr|diphtongue}} French diphtongue, {{der|en|grc|δίφθογγος||two sounds}} Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), {{m|grc|δίς||twice}} δίς (dís, “twice”), {{m|grc|φθόγγος||sound}} φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} diphthong (plural diphthongs)
  1. (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable. Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: gliding vowel Translations (complex vowel sound): diftong (Afrikaans), tweeklank (Afrikaans), δίφθογγος (díphthongos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مُصَوِّت مُزْدَوِج (muṣawwit muzdawij) [masculine] (Arabic), diftongo [masculine] (Aragonese), երկբարբառ (erkbarbaṙ) (Armenian), diptongu [masculine] (Asturian), diptongo (Basque), дыфто́нг (dyftónh) [masculine] (Belarusian), двухгало́сны (dvuxhalósny) [masculine] (Belarusian), জটিল স্বরধ্বনি (joṭil śśoroddhoni) (Bengali), diftongenn (Breton), дифто́нг (diftóng) [masculine] (Bulgarian), diftong [masculine] (Catalan), diptonggo (Cebuano), duhanog (Cebuano), sikpat (Cebuano), 雙元音 (Chinese Cantonese), 双元音 (soeng¹ jyun⁴ jam¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 雙元音 (Chinese Mandarin), 双元音 (shuāngyuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), dvojhláska [feminine] (Czech), diftong [common-gender] (Danish), tvelyd [common-gender] (Danish), diftong [masculine] (Dutch), tweeklank [masculine] (Dutch), diftong (Dutch Low Saxon), tweeklaank (Dutch Low Saxon), diftongo (Esperanto), diftong (Estonian), kaksiktäishäälik (Estonian), tvíljóð [neuter] (Faroese), diftongi (Finnish), kaksoisääntiö (Finnish), diphtongue [feminine] (French), diftonc [masculine] (Friulian), ditongo [masculine] (Galician), დიფთონგი (diptongi) (Georgian), Diphthong [masculine] (German), Doppellaut [masculine] (German), Zwielaut [masculine] (German), δίφθογγος (dífthongos) [masculine] (Greek), דִּיפְתּוֹנְג (diftóng) [masculine] (Hebrew), संध्यक्षर (sandhyakṣar) (Hindi), kettőshangzó (Hungarian), diftongus (Hungarian), tvíhljóð [neuter] (Icelandic), tvíhljóði [masculine] (Icelandic), diftongo (Ido), diftong (Indonesian), bunyi rangkap (Indonesian), diphthongo (Interlingua), défhoghar [masculine] (Irish), dittongo [masculine] (Italian), 二重母音 (nijū boin) (alt: にじゅうぼいん) (Japanese), дифтонг (diftoñ) [masculine] (Kazakh), 이중모음 (ijungmo'eum) (alt: 二重母音) (Korean), дифтонг (diftong) [masculine] (Kyrgyz), diphthongus (Latin), diphthongos [feminine] (Latin), divskanis [masculine] (Latvian), diftongs [masculine] (Latvian), diftong (Limburgish), twieëklaank (Limburgish), dvibalsis (Lithuanian), Diphthong [German-Low-German] (Low German), Tweeklang [German-Low-German] (Low German), дифтонг (diftong) [masculine] (Macedonian), സംയുക്ത സ്വരം (saṁyukta svaraṁ) (Malayalam), zaaʼáán ałtah (Navajo), diftoŋga (Northern Sami), diftong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tvelyd (Norwegian Bokmål), diftong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tviljod (Norwegian Nynorsk), diftong [masculine] (Occitan), tvíhljóðr [masculine] (Old Norse), واکهٔ مرکب (vâke-ye morakkab) (Persian), dyftong [masculine] (Polish), dwugłoska [feminine] (Polish), ditongo [masculine] (Portuguese), diftong [masculine] (Romanian), дифто́нг (diftóng) [masculine] (Russian), двугла́сный (dvuglásnyj) [masculine] (Russian), двоегла́сный (dvojeglásnyj) [dated, masculine] (Russian), dà-fhoghar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dà-ghuth [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), dà-ghuthach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), дво̏гла̄с [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dvȍglās [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dittongu (Sicilian), dvojhláska [feminine] (Slovak), diftóng (Slovene), dvóglásnik (Slovene), diptongo [masculine] (Spanish), diftong [common-gender] (Swedish), kambal-patinig (Tagalog), diptonggo (Tagalog), дифтонг (diftong) [masculine] (Tatar), དབྱངས་སྒྲ་ཉིས་ལྡན (dbyangs sgra nyis ldan) (Tibetan), дифто́нг (dyftónh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), двоголосни́й (dvoholosnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), diftong (Uzbek), diftong (Veps), nguyên âm đôi (Vietnamese), nhị trùng âm (Vietnamese), diftongue (Walloon), latontiringgan (Waray-Waray), deusain [feminine] (Welsh), דיפֿטאָנג (diftong) [masculine] (Yiddish), צווייקלאַנג (tsveyklang) (Yiddish), fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-diphthong-en-noun-vQbiEoZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'complex vowel sound': 91 9
  2. (rare) A vowel digraph or ligature. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-diphthong-en-noun-4xaTd9Su
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dipthong [obsolete] Derived forms: diphthongal, diphthongic, diphthongization, diphthongisation, diphthongize, diphthongise, diphthongoid, diphthongy, murmur diphthong, spurious diphthong Related terms: apothegm, hiatus, glide, ligature Coordinate_terms: monophthong, triphthong, tetraphthong, pentaphthong

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          "code": "af",
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muṣawwit muzdawij",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
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            "masculine"
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          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "diftongo"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "erkbarbaṙ",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "երկբարբառ"
        },
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diptongu"
        },
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diptongo"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dyftónh",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dvuxhalósny",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "двухгало́сны"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "joṭil śśoroddhoni",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "জটিল স্বরধ্বনি"
        },
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          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diftongenn"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "diftóng",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дифто́нг"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diftong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diptonggo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "duhanog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "sikpat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "雙元音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "soeng¹ jyun⁴ jam¹",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "双元音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "雙元音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuāngyuányīn",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "双元音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dvojhláska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "diftong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "tvelyd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diftong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tweeklank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diftongo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diftong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "kaksiktäishäälik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tvíljóð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diftongi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "kaksoisääntiö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diphtongue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diftonc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ditongo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "diptongi",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "დიფთონგი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Diphthong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Doppellaut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zwielaut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dífthongos",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δίφθογγος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "díphthongos",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "δίφθογγος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "diftóng",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "דִּיפְתּוֹנְג"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sandhyakṣar",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "संध्यक्षर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "kettőshangzó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "diftongus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tvíhljóð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tvíhljóði"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "io",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "diftoŋga"
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          "word": "واکهٔ مرکب"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "двоегла́сный"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "word": "dvóglásnik"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "kambal-patinig"
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "dbyangs sgra nyis ldan",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
          "word": "དབྱངས་སྒྲ་ཉིས་ལྡན"
        },
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          "word": "двоголосни́й"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "complex vowel sound",
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        },
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "word": "nhị trùng âm"
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          "ref": "1854, Robert Bigsby, Historical and Topographical Description of Repton, in the County of Derby, Woodfall and Kinder, page 47",
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          "ref": "1860, Joseph E. Worcester, An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language, Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, page 12",
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          "ref": "1874, Theophilus Dwight Hall, A Child’s First Latin Book, John Murray, page 3",
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪpˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfˌθɔŋ/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfˌθɑŋ/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɪfθɔŋ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1854, Robert Bigsby, Historical and Topographical Description of Repton, in the County of Derby, Woodfall and Kinder, page 47",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1860, Joseph E. Worcester, An Elementary Dictionary of the English Language, Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, page 12",
          "text": "An improper diphthong has only one of the vowels sounded; as, ea in heat, oa in coal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1874, Theophilus Dwight Hall, A Child’s First Latin Book, John Murray, page 3",
          "text": "The diphthong ae is sounded like ē (§7); that is, it has the sound of ey in they.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vowel digraph or ligature."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "digraph",
          "digraph"
        ],
        [
          "ligature",
          "ligature"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A vowel digraph or ligature."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪpˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfˌθɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪfˌθɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪpˌθɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfθɔŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪfθɑŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-ca-diphthong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-ca-diphthong.ogg/En-ca-diphthong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-ca-diphthong.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Canada)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-diphthong.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/En-us-diphthong.ogg/En-us-diphthong.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/En-us-diphthong.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "proscribed"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US, proscribed)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "dipthong"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "tweeklank"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muṣawwit muzdawij",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصَوِّت مُزْدَوِج"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erkbarbaṙ",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "երկբարբառ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diptongu"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diptongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dyftónh",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дыфто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dvuxhalósny",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двухгало́сны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "joṭil śśoroddhoni",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "জটিল স্বরধ্বনি"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diftóng",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diptonggo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "duhanog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "sikpat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "雙元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "soeng¹ jyun⁴ jam¹",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "双元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "雙元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāngyuányīn",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "双元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dvojhláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tvelyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tweeklank"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "kaksiktäishäälik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tvíljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "kaksoisääntiö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diphtongue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftonc"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "diptongi",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "დიფთონგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diphthong"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Doppellaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwielaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dífthongos",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δίφθογγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "díphthongos",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δίφθογγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "diftóng",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דִּיפְתּוֹנְג"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sandhyakṣar",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "संध्यक्षर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "kettőshangzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tvíhljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvíhljóði"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "bunyi rangkap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diphthongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "défhoghar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dittongo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "にじゅうぼいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nijū boin",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "二重母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "diftoñ",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифтонг"
    },
    {
      "alt": "二重母音",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ijungmo'eum",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "이중모음"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "diftong",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифтонг"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diphthongus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diphthongos"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "divskanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftongs"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "twieëklaank"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "dvibalsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "tweeklaank"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Diphthong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "Tweeklang"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "diftong",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифтонг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "saṁyukta svaraṁ",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "സംയുക്ത സ്വരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "zaaʼáán ałtah"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftoŋga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "tvelyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "tviljod"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tvíhljóðr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâke-ye morakkab",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "واکهٔ مرکب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dyftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dwugłoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diftóng",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvuglásnyj",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двугла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvojeglásnyj",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двоегла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dà-fhoghar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dà-ghuth"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dà-ghuthach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дво̏гла̄с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dvȍglās"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "dittongu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dvojhláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "dvóglásnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diptongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "kambal-patinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diptonggo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "diftong",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифтонг"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dbyangs sgra nyis ldan",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "དབྱངས་སྒྲ་ཉིས་ལྡན"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyftónh",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дифто́нг"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dvoholosnýj",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "двоголосни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftong"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "nguyên âm đôi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "nhị trùng âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "diftongue"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "latontiringgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deusain"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "diftong",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דיפֿטאָנג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsveyklang",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "צווייקלאַנג"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "complex vowel sound",
      "word": "fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diphthong"
}

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