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Definition of Diphthongize

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

Definition of Diphthongize

1. v. t. & i. To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel.

Definition of Diphthongize

1. Verb. (transitive linguistics) To change to a diphthong (as by inserting or removing a vowel). ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive linguistics) To become a diphthong. ¹

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Definition of Diphthongize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphthongize

Literary usage of Diphthongize

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

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"... to some extent the conditions under which vowels diphthongize: with rare ... however, all low mid stressed vowels diphthongize, regardless of the type ..."

2. Old Spanish Readings: Selected on the Basis of Critically Edited Texts by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1911)
"... in error, 12 142. eram' = era + mt, 21 5. eran (L. grant in atonic use, wherefore the I did not diphthongize ; cf. ser) 16171 etc. ..."

3. The Anglo-Norman Dialect: A Manual of Its Phonology and Morphology, with by Louis Emil Menger (1904)
"I considered Q before a nasal in connection with o before a nasal in those cases in which Q did not diphthongize (cf. p. 69). ..."

4. Spanish Grammar by Ralph Emerson Bassett (1915)
"About half of the e-stem verbs expand (ie diphthongize) e into ie (as in ... The two o-stem verbs (dormir and morir) diphthongize only (as in Class I), ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... In certain determinate cases, this e from about the 13th century onwards may diphthongize to ie: ego, eu then ten, h 8 ri, er, ier, f 6 rit, fer, far. ..."

6. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"... diphthongize*, to turn into a diphthong, «o/-ise. diphthongs (typ.), &, «, (E, ce, for single sounds, are in England employed in English, French, Greek, ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In certain determinate cases, this в from about the 13th century onwards may diphthongize to ie: ego, vu, then icu, h Sri, er, icr, ferit, for, fir. ..."

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