rising diphthong


nounPhonetics.
  1. 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]. /ˈgwɑ və/.

Origin of rising diphthong

1
First recorded in 1885–90

Words Nearby rising diphthong

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