monophthongize

English

Alternative forms

• monophthongise

Etymology

From monophthong +‎ -ize.

Verb

monophthongize (third-person singular simple present monophthongizes, present participle monophthongizing, simple past and past participle monophthongized)

1. (transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
2. (intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.

Derived terms

• monophthongization

Translations

to change to a monophthong

• Finnish: monoftongistaa
• French: monophtonguer (fr)
• German: monophthongieren
• Italian: monottongare
• Romanian: monoftonga (ro), monoftongiza
• Spanish: monoptongar (es)
• Swedish: monoftongera (sv)

to become monophthongal

• Finnish: monoftongiutua
• Italian: monottongare
• Romanian: monoftonga (ro), monoftongiza
• Spanish: monoptongar (es)
• Swedish: monoftongera (sv)