Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diphthongal

/dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: diph-thong-al
IPA: /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.

Example Sentences

"‘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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δι- (di-) Ancient Greek φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai) Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos) Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος (dĭ́phthongos)der. Latin diphthongusbor. French diphtongueder. English diphthong English -al English diphthongal From diphthong + -al.

Derived Forms

diphthongally nondiphthongal

Questions

How do you pronounce diphthongal?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/.
What does diphthongal mean?: Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
Where does diphthongal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δι- (di-) Ancient Greek φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai) Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos) Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος (dĭ́phthongos)der. Latin diphthongusbor. French diphtongueder. English diphthong English -al English diphthongal From diphthong + -al.

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