There are words that have something in-between an audible separation between two syllables or two syllables and a diphthong.
For example, the brē part of the Classical Latin word celebrētur, which sounds like the word ballet, but unlike a native English speaker saying the word ballet, there isn't an audible separation between the two syllables, and at the same time, unlike the words bell and lay, the brē part of the Classical Latin word celebrētur it isn't a diphthong ether, it's something in-between an audible separation between two syllables or two syllables and a diphthong, the brēs part of the Classical Latin words Septembrēs and Novembrēs sounds like the word blaze, but unlike the word blaze, it isn't a diphthong. It doesn't sound like brēs is a two-syllable word, nor does it sound like a diphthong but something in-between an audible separation between two syllables or two syllables and a diphthong, and the bri part of the Classical Latin word Novembribus sound like the bre part of the word breach, but unlike the word breach, it isn't a diphthong. It doesn't sound like bri is a two-syllable word, nor does it sound like a diphthong but something in-between an audible separation between two syllables or two syllables and a diphthong.
The recordings of the Classical Latin words celebrētur at 0:17, and Septembrēs at 1:15 in the first recording, Novembrēs at 7:23 and Novembribus at 8:48 in the second recording are by Thomas Bervoets:
I've heard that in Classical Latin, this is called a vowel hiatus.
Spanish also has words that have bres as well as bre. The recording of a Spanish word that has bres is by Manuel Bernal and a recording of a phrase that has the word hombre is by Covarrubias:
- https://archive.org/details/lp_romancero-de-la-via-dolorosa_manuel-bernal
- https://forvo.com/word/en_el_primer_d%C3%ADa%2C_el_hombre_cre%C3%B3_a_dios._%28an%C3%B3nimo%29/
Is the Spanish example, which is the same as brēs in Classical Latin called vowel hiatus too or is it called something else?
Classical Latin evolved into Vulgar Latin which evolved into the Romance Languages including Spanish.