diphthongal

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English

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Etymology

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From diphthong +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/
  • Hyphenation: diph‧thong‧al

Adjective

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diphthongal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
    • 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:
      ‘This,’ the colonel said […] ‘is a lampshade. It looks like an ordinary lampshade. It was taken from the bedside lamp of Frau Koch. It’s genuine human skin.’ It sounded more gruesome spoken in his diphthongal southern manner—skee-ern.
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