diphthongize (English, verb)
expansion: diphthongize (third-person singular simple present diphthongizes, present participle diphthongizing, simple past and past participle diphthongized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To change to a diphthong, as by inserting or removing a vowel.
tags: transitive
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To become a diphthong.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: diphthongizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: diphthongizing
tags: participle
present
form: diphthongized
tags: participle
past
form: diphthongized
tags: past
form: diphthongise
tags: alternative