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monophthongize
monophthongize
English
Verb
monophthongize (third-person singular simple present monophthongizes, present participle monophthongizing, simple past and past participle monophthongized)
- (transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
- (intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.
Translations
to change to a monophthong
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to become monophthongal
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