dittongo
See also: dittongò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ditˈtɔn.ɡo/, /ditˈton.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -ɔnɡo, -onɡo
- Hyphenation: dit‧tòn‧go, dit‧tón‧go
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin diphthongus, from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos).
Alternative forms
- diftongo (obsolete)
Noun
dittongo m (plural dittonghi)
- (linguistics) diphthong
- 1540, Francesco Priscianese, “Delle Sillabe [About syllables]”, in Della lingua romana, page 24:
- Et Aut, et Haud, sono parole d'una Sillaba sola similmente, perche in esse è il dittongo, Au.
- And aut and haud are also just one-syllable words, because in them is the diphthong au.
- 1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “Ⅱ. De’ Dittonghi [2. About Diphthongs]”, in Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people], Torino: Stamperia Reale, page 89:
- Il dittongo è l'unione di due lettere vocali in un solo suono
- A diphthong is the union of two vowel letters in a single sound
Related terms
Further reading
- dittongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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