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diphthongizes

diphthongizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about diphthongizes

What is diphthongizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Diphthongizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of diphthongize.

Words near diphthongizes in the dictionary

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

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