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English
Etymology
From diphthong + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/
- Hyphenation: diph‧thong‧al
Adjective
diphthongal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:‘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.
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