diphthongize
verbUS /ˈdɪfθɑŋaɪz/ · UK /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪz/
Etymology From diphthong + -ize.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences 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:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To become a diphthong.
- Derived terms
- diphthongisation, diphthongization, undiphthongized