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) (phonetics, phonology) diphthong (incorrectly) digraph, trigraph ===== Derived terms ===== diphtonguer diphtongaison ===== See also ===== monophtongue triphtongue === 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