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monophthongized

monophthongized is the simple past and past participle of monophthongize.

Meaning of monophthongize

Verb

monophthongize (third-person singular simple present monophthongizes, present participle monophthongizing, simple past and past participle monophthongized)

  1. (transitive) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
    • Inherited -au- was monophthongized to -a- in Sardinian. These forms must therefore go back to […] *aCurri, with an elided consonant.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 132
  2. (intransitive) To become a monophthong.

Questions about monophthongized

What is monophthongized the simple past and past participle of?
Monophthongized is the simple past and past participle of monophthongize.

Words near monophthongized in the dictionary

  1. monophthongises
  2. monophthongising
  3. monophthongization
  4. monophthongizations
  5. monophthongize
  6. monophthongized
  7. monophthongizes
  8. monophthongizing
  9. monophthongs
  10. monophyla
  11. monophylesis

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