diphtongue
French
Alternative forms
- diphthongue (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dif.tɔ̃ɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃ɡ
- Homophones: diphtonguent, diphtongues
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin diphthongos or diphthongus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “diphthong”).
Noun
diphtongue f (plural diphtongues)
Derived terms
- diphtonguer
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
diphtongue
- inflection of diphtonguer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “diphtongue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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