diphthongize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈdɪp-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈdɪp-/ (General-American)
- /ˈdɪfθɑŋaɪz/ (General-American)
Etymology
From diphthong + -ize.
Meanings
-
(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:
- (intransitive) To become a diphthong.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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)