polyphthong
polyphthong · polyphthongs
A phoneme that begins with the sound of one vowel or semivowel and transitions through…A phoneme that begins with the sound of one vowel or semivowel and transitions through one or more other (semi)vowel sounds.
Meaning
2 sensesA phoneme that begins with the sound of one vowel or semivowel and transitions through one or more other (semi)vowel sounds.
A diaphoneme realized as a multitarget vowel in some but not necessarily all dialects.
Forms
plural: polyphthongs| Singular | polyphthong |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddiphthong