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DIPHTHONGIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change from a simple vowel to a diphthong

Example:

This vowel diphthongized in Germanic

Synonyms:

diphthongise; diphthongize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "diphthongize" is one way to...):

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diphthongize"):

break (undergo breaking)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

diphthong (a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another)

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