Diphthongize
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transitive & intransitive verb .
To pronounce as or become a diphthong.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To change, as a vowel, into a diphthong: thus the
u
of many Anglo-Saxon words has been diphthongized into
ow
in modern English, as in the word
now.
To unite in forming a diphthong.
Also spelled
diphthongise
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb.
To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To change to a
diphthong
(as by inserting or removing a vowel).
verb.
To become a diphthong.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
change from a simple vowel to a diphthong
Word Usage
"Many English speakers diphthongize _a_, _i_, _o_, and pronounce _late_ as "l_a-i_t," _pale_ as "p_a-i_l," _paper_ as "p_a-y_-per," _road_ as"
Etymologically Related
monophthongize
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
change
shift
switch
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
break
verb-form
diphthongized
diphthongizing