What does diphthongy mean?
Diphthongy means (informal) Having the quality of a diphthong..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) Having the quality of a diphthong..
This ghost is the only other person besides Neyeurme who can say it correctly because it has all these diphthongy tongue-strangling nuances to it.
American vowels tend to be very impure and diphthongy; you do NOT want this sound in your Italian or Latin.
You could see Oliver brightening up at the sight of that æ. He – keen on diphthongy things – really liked words with ligatures. Julius Cæsar!
I thought it was a sort of weird diphthongy vowel, almost like the French "dure" (hard) crossed with "do-er" -- very distinctive in a hard-to-pin-down way.
Use diphthongy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Diphthongy means (informal) Having the quality of a diphthong..
Common synonyms include diphthongic, diphthongal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This ghost is the only other person besides Neyeurme who can say it correctly because it has all these diphthongy tongue-strangling nuances to it.
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