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falling diphthong
noun
, Phonetics.
- a diphthong in which the first of the two apparent vocalic elements is of greater stress or sonority and the second is of lesser stress or sonority, as in (ī), (ou), (oi), etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of falling diphthong1
First recorded in 1885–90
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