diftong

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Afrikaans

Noun

diftong (plural diftonge)

  1. (phonology) diphthong
    Synonym: tweeklank

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds).

Pronunciation

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongs)

  1. diphthong

Danish

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds).

Pronunciation

Noun

diftong c (singular definite diftongen, plural indefinite diftonger)

  1. diphthong

Inflection

Synonyms

Dutch

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪf.tɔŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dif‧tong

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongen, diminutive diftongetje n)

  1. (phonology) diphthong (a complex vowel sound)
    Synonym: tweeklank

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: diftong

See also

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch diftong, from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: dif‧tong

Noun

diftong

  1. (phonetics) diphthong

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds).

Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftonger, definite plural diftongene)

  1. (phonetics) a diphthong

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds).

Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftongar, definite plural diftongane)

  1. (phonetics) a diphthong

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus.

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongi)

  1. diphthong

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dìftong m (Cyrillic spelling дѝфтонг)

  1. diphthong

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds).

Noun

diftong c

  1. diphthong

Declension

Declension of diftong 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diftong diftongen diftonger diftongerna
Genitive diftongs diftongens diftongers diftongernas

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French diphtongue.

Pronunciation

Noun

diftong (definite accusative diftongu, plural diftonglar)

  1. diphthong

Declension

Inflection
Nominative diftong
Definite accusative diftongu
Singular Plural
Nominative diftong diftonglar
Definite accusative diftongu diftongları
Dative diftonga diftonglara
Locative diftongda diftonglarda
Ablative diftongdan diftonglardan
Genitive diftongun diftongların

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

diftong

  1. diphthong

Inflection

Inflection of diftong (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing. diftong
genitive sing. diftongan
partitive sing. diftongad
partitive plur. diftongid
singular plural
nominative diftong diftongad
accusative diftongan diftongad
genitive diftongan diftongiden
partitive diftongad diftongid
essive-instructive diftongan diftongin
translative diftongaks diftongikš
inessive diftongas diftongiš
elative diftongaspäi diftongišpäi
illative diftongaha diftongihe
adessive diftongal diftongil
ablative diftongalpäi diftongilpäi
allative diftongale diftongile
abessive diftongata diftongita
comitative diftonganke diftongidenke
prolative diftongadme diftongidme
approximative I diftonganno diftongidenno
approximative II diftongannoks diftongidennoks
egressive diftongannopäi diftongidennopäi
terminative I diftongahasai diftongihesai
terminative II diftongalesai diftongilesai
terminative III diftongassai
additive I diftongahapäi diftongihepäi
additive II diftongalepäi diftongilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дифтонг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika