Word: diphthong

Category: diphthong

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Synonyms: diphthong

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: diphthong

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french
Translations:
diphtongue
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russian
Translations:
двугласный, дифтонг
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finnish
Translations:
diftongi
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czech
Translations:
dvojhláska
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polish
Translations:
dyftong, dwugłoska
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ukrainian
Translations:
дифтонг
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estonian
Translations:
diftong
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romanian
Translations:
diftong
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slovak
Translations:
dvojhláska

The meaning and "use of": diphthong

noun
  • a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin , loud , and side ). - The language has a musical quality and employs a great number of diphthongs and other vowel combinations.

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