diphthongize
verb/ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪz/
/ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪz/
(British English also diphthongise)
(phonetics)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they diphthongize | /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪz/ /ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪz/ |
| he / she / it diphthongizes | /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪzɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪzɪz/ /ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪzɪz/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple diphthongized | /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪzd/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪzd/ /ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪzd/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪzd/ |
| past participle diphthongized | /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪzd/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪzd/ /ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪzd/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪzd/ |
| -ing form diphthongizing | /ˈdɪfθɒŋaɪzɪŋ/, /ˈdɪpθɒŋaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈdɪfθɔːŋaɪzɪŋ/, /ˈdɪpθɔːŋaɪzɪŋ/ |
- diphthongize something to change a vowel into a diphthong
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