# diftong
## Afrikaans
### Noun

diftong (plural diftonge)
* (phonology) diphthong
    Synonym: tweeklank

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [difˈtɔŋ]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [difˈtɔŋk]

### Noun

diftong m (plural diftongs)
* diphthong

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diftɔnɡ/, [d̥ifˈtˢʌŋ]

### Noun

diftong c (singular definite diftongen, plural indefinite diftonger)
* (phonetics, phonology) diphthong

#### Synonyms

* tvelyd

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* diphtong (dated)
* diphtongus (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɪf.tɔŋ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dif‧tong

### Noun

diftong m (plural diftongen, diminutive diftongetje n)
* (phonology) diphthong (a complex vowel sound)
    Synonym: tweeklank

#### Derived terms

* diftongeren

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: diftong

### See also

* monoftong
* triftong

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch diftong, from Middle French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪftɔŋ]
* Hyphenation: dif‧tong

### Noun

diftong
* (phonetics) diphthong

#### Derived terms

* diftong lebar
* diftong naik
* diftong sempit
* diftong turun

### Further reading

* “diftong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

### Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftonger, definite plural diftongene)
* (phonetics) a diphthong

### References

* “diftong” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “diftong” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

### Noun

diftong m (definite singular diftongen, indefinite plural diftongar, definite plural diftongane)
* (phonetics) a diphthong

### References

* “diftong” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French diphtongue, from Latin diphthongus.

### Noun

diftong m (plural diftongi)
* diphthong

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

dìftong m (Cyrillic spelling дѝфтонг)
* diphthong

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).

### Noun

diftong c
* diphthong

#### Related terms

* monoftong
* triftong

### References

* diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* diftong in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* diftong in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French diphtongue.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dif.tɔŋɡ/

### Noun

diftong (definite accusative diftongu, plural diftonglar)
* diphthong

#### Declension
## Veps
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

diftong
* diphthong

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “дифтонг”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika