diphthongal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
‘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.
1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:
Deriveds
nondiphthongal · diphthongally
Translations (1)
es diptongal (Translations)