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rising diphthong

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noun Phonetics.

a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava

[gwah-vuh] .

Compare falling diphthong.

Origin:
1885–90

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Rising diphthong is always a great word to know.

So is aspiration. Does it mean:

articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key

to represent sounds in written phonetic or phonemic symbols

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