diphthong
英['d?fθ??;'d?p-]
美['d?fθɑ?]
- n. 雙元音；復合元音；元音連字
詞態變化
復數:?diphthongs;形容詞:?diphthongal;
助記提示
1. phon- => phthong- "sound, voice" => diphthong.
中文詞源
diphthong 二合元音
來自希臘語diphthongos, di-, 二，-phthongos, 聲音，詞源不詳，可能同phone. 用來指二合元音。
英文詞源
- 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."