diphtongue
French
Alternative forms
- diphthongue (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dif.tɔ̃ɡ/
- Homophones: diphtonguent, diphtongues
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin diphthongos or diphthongus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “diphthong”).
Noun
diphtongue f (plural diphtongues)
Derived terms
- diphtonguer
See also
- monophtongue
- triphtongue
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
diphtongue
- first-person singular present indicative of diphtonguer
- third-person singular present indicative of diphtonguer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of diphtonguer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of diphtonguer
- second-person singular imperative of diphtonguer
Further reading
- “diphtongue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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