diphthong
noun/ˈdɪfθɔŋ/
Frequency rank: #19,662 most common English word
Meaning
a sound formed by the combination of two vowel sounds within the same syllable.
Example sentence
The word 'coin' contains diphthong because two vowel sounds blend together smoothly.
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