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diphthongal

Syllables: diph·thong·al/dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/

diphthongal adjective: pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.

Adjective

diphthongal (not comparable)

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

Origin of diphthongal

From diphthong + -al.

Words formed from diphthongal

Questions about diphthongal

What does diphthongal mean?
Diphthongal means pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
What part of speech is diphthongal?
Diphthongal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce diphthongal?
Diphthongal is pronounced /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/.

Words near diphthongal in the dictionary

  1. diphtheroids
  2. diphtheronecrotic
  3. diphtherotoxin
  4. diphthine
  5. diphthong
  6. diphthongal
  7. diphthongality
  8. diphthongally
  9. diphthongation
  10. diphthongations
  11. diphthongic

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