The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Even the big diphthongs that my grandfather’s years in the States had tamped down swelled back to their former glory in this company.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2019
All of the letters are in lower case and there are no double consonents, but there are "diphthongs, triphthongs, quadriphtongs and even quintiphthongs", which are combined vowel sounds.
From Fox News ● May 15, 2019
Given the text’s large swathes of Italian as Callas parses arias by Bellini, Puccini and Verdi, Ms. Daly has worked hard on her language skills and admits that those diphthongs still give her trouble.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2011
The gag: Schaffer's accent is classic old-style Noo Yawk, all diphthongs and mobster cadences.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2010
The diphthongs æ and œ are sounded like e: as cædo, pronounced ce'do.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
