diphthong in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for diphthong in the English»Italian Dictionary

diphthong [Brit ˈdɪfθɒŋ, ˈdɪpθɒŋ, Am ˈdɪfˌθɑŋ, ˈdɪpˌθɑŋ] N

diphthong

dittongo m

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diphthong in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for diphthong in the English»Italian Dictionary

diphthong [ˈdɪf·θɑ:ŋ] N LING

diphthong

dittongo m

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

With diphthongs, either the long vowel or the offglide may bear the stress.

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The only diphthongs that are at all common are "au" and "eu".

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The language has a large number of diphthongs; both ascending diphthongs and descending diphthongs occur.

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Vowels could also occasionally appear in a sequence, but did not form diphthongs; two adjacent vowels were separate syllables.

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The long o as in "boat" is actually most often a diphthong (realized dialectically anywhere from to).

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In some dialects, the diphthong may be reduced to the long monophthong.

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As with its constituent vowels, diphthongs with short and are subject to the same free variation described above.

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In addition to the low vowel count, or because of it, there are also no instances of diphthongs or triphthongs.

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A special characteristic of the languages is the large number of diphthongs.

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The graphic group -ou (at the end of words) is pronounced but is not considered a diphthong.

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