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