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How to pronounce “diphthong”
Hear “diphthong” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.
Pronunciation guide for diphthong
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of diphthong with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Arianna Huffington
she would put diphthong symbols on the Dr. Seuss books.
- Definition summary
- (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
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How to pronounce diphthong
Arianna Huffington

she would put diphthong symbols on the Dr. Seuss books.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “diphthong”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.
- (phonetics) A diaphoneme realized as a two-target vowel in some but not necessarily all dialects.
- (rare) A vowel digraph or ligature.
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