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Noun
diftongs
- plural of diftong
Danish
Noun
diftongs c
- indefinite genitive singular of diftong
Latvian
Etymology
A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”), from δίς (dís, “twice”) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).
Noun
diftongs m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
- diftonga komponenti ― diphthong components
Declension
Declension of diftongs (1st declension)
Synonyms
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