polyphthong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phoneme that begins with the sound of one vowel or semivowel and transitions through one or more other (semi)vowel sounds.
  2. A diaphoneme realized as a multitarget vowel in some but not necessarily all dialects.

Word forms

polyphthong polyphthongs

Related words

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