diphthongal

English

Etymology

diphthong +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/
• Hyphenation: diph‧thong‧al

Adjective

diphthongal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:

     ‘This,’ the colonel said […] ‘is a lampshade. It looks like an ordinary lampshade. It was taken from the bedside lamp of Frau Koch. It’s genuine human skin.’ It sounded more gruesome spoken in his diphthongal southern manner—skee-ern.