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Meaning of "diphthongic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHTHONGIC

diphthongic  [dɪfˈθɒŋɡɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPHTHONGIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diphthongic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DIPHTHONGIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of diphthongic in the English dictionary

The definition of diphthongic in the dictionary is of, like or relating to a diphthong.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPHTHONGIC


demagogic
ˌdɛməˈɡɒɡɪk
epagogic
ˌɛpəˈɡɒɡɪk
Nuraghic
nʊˈrɑːɡɪk
yogic
ˈjəʊɡɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPHTHONGIC

diphtheria
diphtheria vaccine
diphtherial
diphtheric
diphtheritic
diphtheritis
diphtheroid
diphthong
diphthongal
diphthongally
diphthongisation
diphthongise
diphthongization
diphthongize
diphycercal
diphyletic
diphyllous
diphyodont
diphysite
diphysitism

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPHTHONGIC

adrenergic
allergic
biologic
black magic
cryptologic
epidemiologic
fungic
geologic
gynecologic
histologic
histopathologic
hydrologic
logic
magic
nostalgic
pathologic
physiologic
strategic
tragic
virologic

Synonyms and antonyms of diphthongic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diphthongic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIPHTHONGIC

Find out the translation of diphthongic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of diphthongic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «diphthongic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

diphthongic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

diphthongic
570 millions of speakers

English

diphthongic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

diphthongic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

diphthongic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

diphthongic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diphthongic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

diphthongic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

diphthongic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diphthongic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

diphthongic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

diphthongic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

diphthongic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diphthongic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

diphthongic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diphthongic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिपथॉँगिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diphthongic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diphthongic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

diphthongic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

diphthongic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diphthongic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

diphthongic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

diphthongic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diphthongic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diphthongic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diphthongic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPHTHONGIC»

The term «diphthongic» is used very little and occupies the 166.866 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPHTHONGIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diphthongic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPHTHONGIC»

Discover the use of diphthongic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diphthongic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Studies in Semitic Philology
(mentioned above p. 125). This phonetic factor consists in the fact that diphthongs are very sensitive structures. The sensitive character of diphthongic combinations (ay, ai ; ua, ia) can easily lead to the 'sonantization' of the consonants ...
M. M. Bravmann, 1977
2
The Chinese Lexicon: A Comprehensive Survey
The variations on e, o and a occur in their nasal or diphthongic ^ combinations, e.g. e is pronounced as [y] on its own,. 22 The Chinese Lexicon. front central back spread /rounded neutral spread /rounded otherwise rounded high i [i] /u [y] u[u] ...
Po-ching Yip, 2000
3
Linguistic Foundations
70: »The diphthongic character of our éé and óó has been distinctly recognized by our leading phoneticians, especially Smart and Bell.« Er bemerkt dann, Bell analysire die zwei diphthonge als »éi«, »óu«; er jedoch finde in seiner eignen ...
Anthony P R Howatt, Richard C Smith, Richard Smith, 2013
4
Sengoidelc: Old Irish for Beginners
Hiatuses fell together with their diphthongic counterparts rather early in the Gaelic language of Ireland, but they have mostly remained until today in spoken Scottish Gaelic. 3.3.11. The marking of palatalization and non-palatalization As stated ...
David Stifter, 2006
5
Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and ...
The diphthongic nature is certainly to be expressed in our transcription. We indicate therefore the fugitive a by writing those three diphthongs ed, id and od. There are besides two other kinds of diphthongs, of which the one, written di du ei id by ...
C. R. Lepsius, 1863
6
Lexical Strata in English: Morphological Causes, ...
Elsewhere in the same work, he comments in more detail (without, however, saying more about the [ɔə] of bore): It is to be observed that the English ɔ is generally slightly diphthongic, which is the result of the tongue being allowed to slip into ...
Heinz J. Giegerich, 1999
7
An outline history of the English language
ME. oi has remained. It often became ai (my), however, as shown by such rimes as join—fine in the best poets of the eighteenth century. From the whole diphthongic system Of Middle English only two diphthongs have thus been preserved.
Oliver Farrar Emerson
8
Anglické Samohlásky Ve Fonetických Obrazech
In the second part of the diphthong, in u , the lip-opening does not become smaller to such a degree as in a non-diphthongic u, and — which is especially interesting — the articulation of the lips relaxes at the end of this vowel so that the  ...
Bohuslav Hála, 1959
9
A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period
'The only long vowels left are aa and dd. Are these genuine monophthongs? I believe not, although their diphthongic character is certainly not nearly so strongly marked as in the case of the vowels already considered. Nevertheless, these two ...
Henry Sweet, 2003
10
A Handbook of Present-day English
The difference between a monophthongic and a diphthongic pronunciation is greater in the case of [or s],. compared with [oo, aa], than in the sounds just discussed. In the case of monophthongic [i, u] and diphthongic [ia, ua] it .is clear even to ...
Etsko Kruisinga, 1925

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Diphthongic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/diphthongic>. Apr 2024 ».
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