Definition of Diphthongise

1. Verb. Change from a simple vowel to a diphthong. "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic"

Exact synonyms: Diphthongize
Generic synonyms: Change, Shift, Switch
Specialized synonyms: Break
Derivative terms: Diphthong

Definition of Diphthongise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of diphthongize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphthongise

diphtheroid
diphtheroids
diphtherotoxin
diphthine methyltransferase
diphthong
diphthongal
diphthongally
diphthongation
diphthongations
diphthonged
diphthongic
diphthonging
diphthongisation
diphthongisations
diphthongise (current term)
diphthongised
diphthongises
diphthongising
diphthongization
diphthongizations
diphthongize
diphthongized
diphthongizes
diphthongizing
diphthongs
diphy-
diphycercal
diphygenic
diphyletic

Literary usage of Diphthongise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1905)
"A Munsterman will naturally diphthongise the short vowel in all such words, while no inducement that can be held out in the guise of additional m's will ..."

2. The Elements of Old English: Elementary Grammar and Reference Grammar by Samuel Moore, Thomas Albert Knott (1919)
"The initial palatals g, c, sc (see 242) caused a following e to diphthongise to ie, ae to ea, x to ea. (See Chapter X.) Illustrations: 1. e became ie (LWS i ..."

3. Ériu: Founded as the Journal of the School of Irish Learning Devoted to by Royal Irish Academy (1904)
"... with special reference to those which throw light on Class II. (a) Monosyllabic stems which lengthen or diphthongise the vowel in the 3 sg. ..."

4. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and by Alexander John Ellis (1869)
"... etc., although gh is written, (o) is regularly sounded. vowels, would diphthongise as (u, i), and after consonante would form the syllables (u, t). ..."

5. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, Francis James Child, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Alexander Barclay, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Johan Winkler (1869)
"... etc., although gh is written, (0) is regularly sounded. vowels, would diphthongise as (u, i), and after consonants would form the syllables (u, i'). ..."

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