English Explanatory Dictionary

pentaphthong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sequence of five vowels pronounced as, or almost as, a single syllable.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pentaphthong pentaphthongs

Etymology

From penta- + -phthong, by analogy with diphthong, triphthong.

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