English Explanatory Dictionary

spurious diphthong

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of the digraphs ει and ου in Ancient Greek, when they represent a long vowel arising from compensatory lengthening or contraction rather than an actual diphthong

Word forms

spurious diphthong spurious diphthongs
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