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monophthongizing

monophthongizing is the present participle and gerund 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 monophthongizing

What is monophthongizing the present participle and gerund of?
Monophthongizing is the present participle and gerund of monophthongize.

Words near monophthongizing in the dictionary

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

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