An example of a diphthong can be seen in the word mouse in which the ou part of the word obviously consists of two distinct vowels but there is no syllabic break between the two.

Five example of a diphthong. Full list of words with these elements. Diphthong is a vowel sound in which the tonguechanges position to produce the sound of twovowels. Eɪ as in day pay say lay.

Vowel sounds Long a say paid algae grey veil steak Long e mean been ceiling hear pier. ʊə as in tour poor or the first syllable of tourist. Long A ur sound.

Diphthongs last more or less the same as a long vowel ɑː ɔː etc. Eɪ as in Play. Long O long E.

Crime like lime e ɪ This diphthong creates sounds similar to great and is most often used with letter combinations that include ey ay ai and a. It was not by any means exclusively the battle of a diphthong. In this example the ai English diphthong is short or long depending on the word it is used in.

This diphthong uses letters and letter combinations like ey ay ai and a to form sounds similar to great Here are a few more examples. A diphthong ˈ d ɪ f θ ɒ ŋ DIF-thong or ˈ d ɪ p θ ɒ ŋ DIP-thong. There are many examples of diphthongs.

A diphthong is a glide from on pure vowel monophthong to another pure vowel. Other examples of this diphthong include might pride bike cry or why It was also the reason behind two diphthong words in the opening question like and slide This diphthong is also pronounced slightly different in certain dialects of English. The first element is longer and more stressed the a part of the diphthong aɪ in time for instance.