diphthong

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
diphthong /ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪp-/

▶noun a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin).

■ a digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel (as in feat).

■ a ligature (such as æ).

– derivatives
diphthongal /-ˈθɒŋg(ə)l/ adjective,
diphthongization (or diphthongisation) noun,
diphthongize (or diphthongise) verb.

– origin ME: from Fr. diphtongue, via late L. from Gk diphthongos, from di- ‘twice’ + phthongos ‘sound’.

'diphthong' also found in these Oxford entries:

break - crasis - diaeresis - fracture - pure - syneresis - upsilon

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