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Definition of Diphthongs
1. diphthong [v] - See also: diphthong
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphthongs
Literary usage of Diphthongs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by James Hadley, Frederic De Forest Allen (1885)
"In the diphthongs, as at first pronounced, both vowels were heard, each with
its-proper sound, but without break between them. ..."
2. Transactions by Cambridge Philological Society (1899)
"The change in the second member of the au- diphthongs au > ŒQ, written aeo, aea)
is no doubt due to its lack of stress. It is a case of partial assimilation ..."
3. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"diphthongs Classical Latin had only three relatively common diphthongs: /oi/, /ai/,
... AE, and AU.16 Earlier states of Latin had had more diphthongs, ..."
4. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"Thus he begins with confounding all distinction between diphthongs and simple
vowels ; except that which he makes for himself when he admit* " the radical ..."
5. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"VOWELS AND diphthongs 4. There are seven vowels: a, e, rj, a, o, v, w. ...
All diphthongs are long.. at, cv are either genuine or spurious diphthongs (21 a) ..."
6. The Complete Phonographer, and Reporter's Guide by James Eugene Munson (1884)
"236. As has been before remarked, there are but four proper diphthongs recognized
in our language. These diphthongs and their ..."
7. The Hand Book of Standard Or American Phonography by Andrew Jackson Graham (1902)
"The diphthongs may be divided, with reference to the closeness of the union of
their elements, into Close, and Open, diphthongs. ..."
8. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"In ei and ov two different values have to be distinguished: (1) the original or
proper diphthongs et and ov as in proper <iiph- 0 v ' ° . ..."
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