monophthongize (English, verb)
expansion: monophthongize (third-person singular simple present monophthongizes, present participle monophthongizing, simple past and past participle monophthongized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
tags: transitive
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To become a monophthong.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: monophthongizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: monophthongizing
tags: participle
present
form: monophthongized
tags: participle
past
form: monophthongized
tags: past
form: monophthongise
tags: alternative