falling diphthong


nounPhonetics.
  1. a diphthong in which the first of the two apparent vocalic elements is of greater stress or sonority and the second is of lesser stress or sonority, as in (ī), (ou), (oi), etc.

Origin of falling diphthong

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby falling diphthong

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