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spurious diphthongs

spurious diphthongs is the plural of spurious diphthong.

Meaning of spurious diphthong

Noun

spurious diphthong (plural spurious diphthongs)

  1. Either of the digraphs ει and ου in Ancient Greek, when they represent a long vowel arising from compensatory lengthening or contraction rather than an actual diphthong

Questions about spurious diphthongs

What is spurious diphthongs the plural of?
Spurious diphthongs is the plural of spurious diphthong.

Words near spurious diphthongs in the dictionary

  1. spurions
  2. spuriosities
  3. spuriosity
  4. spurious
  5. spurious diphthong
  6. spurious diphthongs
  7. spurious infection
  8. spurious infections
  9. spurious language
  10. spurious languages
  11. spuriousity

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