diftong

Catalan

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [difˈtɔŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [difˈtɔŋk]

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongs)

1. diphthong

Danish

Etymology

From .

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diftɔnɡ/, [d̥ifˈtˢʌŋ]

Noun

diftong c (singular definite diftongen, plural indefinite diftonger)

1. diphthong

Inflection

Declension of diftong

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diftong	diftongen	diftonger	diftongerne
genitive	diftongs	diftongens	diftongers	diftongernes

Synonyms

• tvelyd

Dutch

Alternative forms

• diphtong (dated)
• diphtongus (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪf.tɔŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dif‧tong

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongen, diminutive diftongetje n)

1. (phonology) diphthong (a complex vowel sound)

   Synonym: tweeklank

Derived terms

• diftongeren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: diftong

See also

• monoftong
• triftong

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch diftong, from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪftɔŋ]
• Hyphenation: dif‧tong

Noun

diftong

1. (phonetics) diphthong

Derived terms

• diftong lebar
• diftong naik
• diftong sempit
• diftong turun

 

Further reading

• “diftong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From .

Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftonger, definite plural diftongene)

1. (phonetics) a diphthong

References

• “diftong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “diftong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From .

Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftongar, definite plural diftongane)

1. (phonetics) a diphthong

References

• “diftong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus.

Noun

diftong m (plural diftongi)

1. diphthong

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diftong	diftongul		diftongi	diftongii
genitive-dative	diftong	diftongului		diftongi	diftongilor
vocative	diftongule			diftongilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dìftong m (Cyrillic spelling дѝфтонг)

1. diphthong

Declension

Declension of diftong

	singular	plural
nominative	diftong	diftonzi
genitive	diftonga	diftonga
dative	diftongu	diftonzima
accusative	diftong	diftonge
vocative	diftongže / diftongu	diftonzi
locative	diftongu	diftonzima
instrumental	diftongom	diftonzima

Swedish

Etymology

From .

Noun

diftong c

1. diphthong

Declension

Declension of diftong

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	diftong	diftongs
	definite	diftongen	diftongens
plural	indefinite	diftonger	diftongers
	definite	diftongerna	diftongernas

Related terms

• monoftong
• triftong

References

• diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diftong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From French diphtongue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dif.tɔŋɡ/

Noun

diftong (definite accusative diftongu, plural diftonglar)

1. diphthong

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	diftong
Definite accusative	diftongu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diftong	diftonglar
Definite accusative	diftongu	diftongları
Dative	diftonga	diftonglara
Locative	diftongda	diftonglarda
Ablative	diftongdan	diftonglardan
Genitive	diftongun	diftongların

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

diftong

1. diphthong

Inflection

Inflection of diftong (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	diftong
genitive sing.	diftongan
partitive sing.	diftongad
partitive plur.	diftongid
	singular	plural
nominative	diftong	diftongad
accusative	diftongan	diftongad
genitive	diftongan	diftongiden
partitive	diftongad	diftongid
essive-instructive	diftongan	diftongin
translative	diftongaks	diftongikš
inessive	diftongas	diftongiš
elative	diftongaspäi	diftongišpäi
illative	diftongaha	diftongihe
adessive	diftongal	diftongil
ablative	diftongalpäi	diftongilpäi
allative	diftongale	diftongile
abessive	diftongata	diftongita
comitative	diftonganke	diftongidenke
prolative	diftongadme	diftongidme
approximative I	diftonganno	diftongidenno
approximative II	diftongannoks	diftongidennoks
egressive	diftongannopäi	diftongidennopäi
terminative I	diftongahasai	diftongihesai
terminative II	diftongalesai	diftongilesai
terminative III	diftongassai	—
additive I	diftongahapäi	diftongihepäi
additive II	diftongalepäi	diftongilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дифтонг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika