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triphthongize

triphthongize verb: to convert to a triphthong.

Verb

triphthongize (third-person singular simple present triphthongizes, present participle triphthongizing, simple past and past participle triphthongized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To convert to a triphthong.

Forms of triphthongize

third-person singular presenttriphthongizes
present participletriphthongizing
past participletriphthongized
pasttriphthongized

Origin of triphthongize

From triphthong + -ize.

Words formed from triphthongize

Questions about triphthongize

What does triphthongize mean?
Triphthongize means to convert to a triphthong.
What part of speech is triphthongize?
Triphthongize is a verb.
What is the past tense of triphthongize?
The past tense of triphthongize is triphthongized.

Words near triphthongize in the dictionary

  1. triphotons
  2. triphthaloylbenzene
  3. triphthong
  4. triphthongal
  5. triphthongization
  6. triphthongize
  7. triphthongized
  8. triphthongizes
  9. triphthongizing
  10. triphthongs
  11. triphyletic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: triphthongize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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