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diphthongize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪp-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪp-/ (General-American)
  • /ˈdɪfθɑŋaɪz/ (General-American)

Etymology

From diphthong + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.
    • Some of these [monophthongs] will be diphthongised under the influence of following sounds. 2022, Daisy L. Neijman, Icelandic: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, →ISBN, page 5:
  2. (intransitive) To become a diphthong.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
diphthongizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
diphthongized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
diphthongized Tense=Past lexicographic
diphthongise alternative lexicographic
diphthongizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Coordinates

monophthongize

Deriveds

undiphthongized · diphthongisation · diphthongization

Translations (16)

pt ditongar (to become a diphthong) · it dittongare (to become a diphthong) · io diftongigar (to change to a diphthong) · pt ditongar (to change to a diphthong) · de diphthongieren (to change to a diphthong) · sk diftongizovať (to change to a diphthong) · it dittongare (to change to a diphthong) · es diptongar (to change to a diphthong) · de diphthongiert werden (to become a diphthong) · sv diftongera (to change to a diphthong) · sv diftongera (to become a diphthong) · sk diftongizovať sa (to become a diphthong) · es diptongar (to become a diphthong) · ja 二重母音化する (to become a diphthong) · fr diphtonguer (to become a diphthong) · cs diftongizovat (to change to a diphthong)