polyphthong (English, noun)
expansion: polyphthong (plural polyphthongs)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A phoneme that begins with the sound of one vowel or semivowel and transitions through one or more other (semi)vowel sounds.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A diaphoneme realized as a multitarget vowel in some but not necessarily all dialects.
Forms:
form: polyphthongs
tags: plural