diphthong

英 ['dɪfθɒŋ; 'dɪp-] 美 ['dɪfθɑŋ]
  • n. 双元音;复合元音;元音连字

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1. phon- => phthong- "sound, voice" => diphthong.

中文词源


diphthong 二合元音

来自希腊语diphthongos, di-, 二,-phthongos, 声音,词源不详,可能同phone. 用来指二合元音。

英文词源


diphthong (n.)
late 15c., from Middle French diphthongue, from Late Latin diphthongus, from Greek diphthongos "having two sounds," from di- "double" (see di- (1)) + phthongos "sound, voice," related to phthengesthai "utter, speak loudly."

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