diphthong
noun /ˈdɪfθɒŋ/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋ/
/ˈdɪfθɔːŋ/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋ/
(phonetics- a combination of two vowel sounds or vowel letters, for example the sounds /aɪ/ in pipe /paɪp/ or the letters ou in doubt
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词源late Middle English: from French diphtongue, via late Latin from Greek diphthongos, from di- ‘twice’ + phthongos ‘voice, sound’.