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diphthongized

diphthongized is the simple past and past participle of diphthongize.

Meaning of diphthongize

Verb

diphthongize (third-person singular simple present diphthongizes, present participle diphthongizing, simple past and past participle diphthongized)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (intransitive) To become a diphthong.

Words formed from diphthongized

Questions about diphthongized

What is diphthongized the simple past and past participle of?
Diphthongized is the simple past and past participle of diphthongize.

Words near diphthongized in the dictionary

  1. diphthongises
  2. diphthongising
  3. diphthongization
  4. diphthongizations
  5. diphthongize
  6. diphthongized
  7. diphthongizes
  8. diphthongizing
  9. diphthongoid
  10. diphthongoids
  11. diphthongs

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