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monophthongizes

monophthongizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 monophthongizes

What is monophthongizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Monophthongizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of monophthongize.

Words near monophthongizes in the dictionary

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

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