diphtongaison
French, noun/dif.tɔ̃.ɡɛ.zɔ̃/
diphtongaison is spelled D-I-P-H-T-O-N-G-A-I-S-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diphtongaison is a French feminine noun meaning “diphthongization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le fait de diphtonguer, de se diphtonguer”.
What does diphtongaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediphthongization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Le fait de diphtonguer, de se diphtonguer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diphtongaison
- diphtongaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diphtongaison?
- /dif.tɔ̃.ɡɛ.zɔ̃/
- /dif.tɔ̃.ɡe.zɔ̃/
- \dif.tɔ̃.ɡɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diphtongaison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diphtongaison in French?
diphtongaison appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).