Diphthongize

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diphthongize \Diph"thong*ize\, v. t. & i.
     To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a
     simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." --H. Sweet.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  diphthongize
       v : change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel
           diphthongized in Germanic" [syn: {diphthongise}]