diphthongal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δι- (di-)

Ancient Greek φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai)

Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos)

Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος (dĭ́phthongos)der.

Latin diphthongusbor.

French diphtongueder.

English diphthong

English -al

English diphthongal

From diphthong + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/

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• Hyphenation: diph‧thong‧al

Adjective

diphthongal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:

     ‘This,’ the colonel said […] ‘is a lampshade. It looks like an ordinary lampshade. It was taken from the bedside lamp of Frau Koch. It’s genuine human skin.’ It sounded more gruesome spoken in his diphthongal southern manner—skee-ern.

Derived terms

• diphthongally
• nondiphthongal

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: diptongal