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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diphthong \Diph"thong\ (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus Gr ?; di- = di`s- twice + ? voice, sound, fr ? to utter a sound: cf F. diphthongue.] (Ortho["e]py) a A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as ou in out oi in noise; -- called a {proper diphthong}. b A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an {improper diphthong}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diphthong \Diph"thong\, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diphthong n : a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
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