Diphthong

//ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ//

Synonyms for "diphthong" (68 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Strong matches (20)

Noun(1 words)
gliding vowel

Related words (34)

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7 relation types

More general

2 entries

Related terms

5 entries

coordinate

6 entries

derived

11 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

114 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tweeklank noun (complex vowel sound)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δίφθογγος noun (complex vowel sound)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُصَوِّت مُزْدَوِج noun (complex vowel sound)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • diftongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Armenian

1 entries
  • երկբարբառ noun (complex vowel sound)

Asturian

1 entries
  • diptongu noun (complex vowel sound)

Basque

1 entries
  • diptongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • двухгало́сны noun (complex vowel sound)
  • дыфто́нг noun (complex vowel sound)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জটিল স্বরধ্বনি noun (complex vowel sound)

Breton

1 entries
  • diftongenn noun (complex vowel sound)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • дифто́нг noun (complex vowel sound)

Catalan

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Cebuano

3 entries
  • diptonggo noun (complex vowel sound)
  • duhanog noun (complex vowel sound)
  • sikpat noun (complex vowel sound)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 雙元音 /双元音 noun (complex vowel sound)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 雙元音 /双元音 noun (complex vowel sound)

Czech

1 entries
  • dvojhláska noun (complex vowel sound)

Danish

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tvelyd noun (complex vowel sound)

Dutch

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tweeklank noun (complex vowel sound)

Dutch Low Saxon

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tweeklaank noun (complex vowel sound)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • diftongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Estonian

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • kaksiktäishäälik noun (complex vowel sound)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tvíljóð noun (complex vowel sound)

Finnish

2 entries
  • diftongi noun (complex vowel sound)
  • kaksoisääntiö noun (complex vowel sound)

French

1 entries
  • diphtongue noun (complex vowel sound)

Friulian

1 entries
  • diftonc noun (complex vowel sound)

Galician

1 entries
  • ditongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დიფთონგი noun (complex vowel sound)

German

3 entries
  • Diphthong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • Doppellaut noun (complex vowel sound)
  • Zwielaut noun (complex vowel sound)

Greek

1 entries
  • δίφθογγος noun (complex vowel sound)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דִּיפְתּוֹנְג noun (complex vowel sound)

Hindi

1 entries
  • संध्यक्षर noun (complex vowel sound)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • diftongus noun (complex vowel sound)
  • kettőshangzó noun (complex vowel sound)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • tvíhljóð noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tvíhljóði noun (complex vowel sound)

Ido

1 entries
  • diftongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bunyi rangkap noun (complex vowel sound)
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • diphthongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Irish

1 entries
  • défhoghar noun (complex vowel sound)

Italian

1 entries
  • dittongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 二重母音 noun (complex vowel sound)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дифтонг noun (complex vowel sound)

Korean

1 entries
  • 이중모음 noun (complex vowel sound)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • дифтонг noun (complex vowel sound)

Latin

2 entries
  • diphthongos noun (complex vowel sound)
  • diphthongus noun (complex vowel sound)

Latvian

2 entries
  • diftongs noun (complex vowel sound)
  • divskanis noun (complex vowel sound)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • twieëklaank noun (complex vowel sound)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dvibalsis noun (complex vowel sound)

Low German

2 entries
  • Diphthong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • Tweeklang noun (complex vowel sound)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • дифтонг noun (complex vowel sound)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • സംയുക്ത സ്വരം noun (complex vowel sound)

Māori

2 entries
  • oro tōpū noun (complex vowel sound)
  • ororua noun (complex vowel sound)

Navajo

1 entries
  • zaaʼáán ałtah noun (complex vowel sound)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • diftoŋga noun (complex vowel sound)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tvelyd noun (complex vowel sound)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)
  • tviljod noun (complex vowel sound)

Occitan

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Old English

1 entries
  • twifeald swēġ noun (complex vowel sound)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • déogur noun (complex vowel sound)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • tvíhljóðr noun (complex vowel sound)

Persian

1 entries
  • واکهٔ مرکب noun (complex vowel sound)

Polish

2 entries
  • dwugłoska noun (complex vowel sound)
  • dyftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ditongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Romanian

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Russian

3 entries
  • двоегла́сный noun (complex vowel sound)
  • двугла́сный noun (complex vowel sound)
  • дифто́нг noun (complex vowel sound)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • dà-fhoghar noun (complex vowel sound)
  • dà-ghuth noun (complex vowel sound)
  • dà-ghuthach noun (complex vowel sound)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • dvȍglās noun (complex vowel sound)
  • дво̏гла̄с noun (complex vowel sound)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • dittongu noun (complex vowel sound)

Slovak

1 entries
  • dvojhláska noun (complex vowel sound)

Slovene

2 entries
  • diftóng noun (complex vowel sound)
  • dvóglásnik noun (complex vowel sound)

Spanish

1 entries
  • diptongo noun (complex vowel sound)

Swedish

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • diptonggo noun (complex vowel sound)
  • kambal-patinig noun (complex vowel sound)

Tatar

1 entries
  • дифтонг noun (complex vowel sound)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དབྱངས་སྒྲ་ཉིས་ལྡན noun (complex vowel sound)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • двоголосни́й noun (complex vowel sound)
  • дифто́нг noun (complex vowel sound)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Veps

1 entries
  • diftong noun (complex vowel sound)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nguyên âm đôi noun (complex vowel sound)
  • nhị trùng âm noun (complex vowel sound)

Walloon

1 entries
  • diftongue noun (complex vowel sound)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • latontiringgan noun (complex vowel sound)

Welsh

1 entries
  • deusain noun (complex vowel sound)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • דיפֿטאָנג noun (complex vowel sound)
  • צווייקלאַנג noun (complex vowel sound)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • fáwẹ̀lì ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ noun (complex vowel sound)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Many among us are not familiar with diphthongs but they are found in every phrase, sentence and paragraph. Question: How important are they in the Zamboangueño Chavacano language and what does "diphthong" mean? Answer: They are very important! Diphthongs are combinations of two vowels pronounced together in the same syllable, which produce a new distinct sound.

Source: tatoeba (4624642)

The two vowels form a diphthong that is difficult to pronounce.

Source: tatoeba (8953405)

Hiatus is when one vowel follows another vowel without creating a diphthong.

Source: tatoeba (12640481)

In Lang Belta vowels usually appear preceding or following a consonant (see previous examples), and as of now no occurrence of diphthongs or triphthongs has been attested.

Source: wiktionary

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