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diphthongization

noun

Etymology

From diphthong + -ization.

  1. derived from δίφθογγος
  2. derived from diphthongus
  3. derived from diphtongue
  4. suffixed as diphthongization — “diphthong + ization”

Definitions

  1. The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel…

    The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for diphthongization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA