diphtongue

French

Alternative forms

• diphthongue (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dif.tɔ̃ɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃ɡ
• 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)

1. (phonetics, phonology) diphthong
2. (incorrectly) digraph, trigraph

Derived terms

• diphtonguer
  • diphtongaison

See also

• monophtongue
• triphtongue

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

diphtongue

1. inflection of diphtonguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “diphtongue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.