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diftongs

diftongs

Danish

Noun

diftongs c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of diftong

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing, via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, two sounds), from δίς (dís, twice) and φθόγγος (phthóngos, sound).

Noun

diftongs m (1st declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (sequence of two different vowels pronounced in one syllable)
    diftonga komponentidiphthong components

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