monophthongize

English

Alternative forms

monophthongise

Etymology

monophthong +‎ -ize

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

Finnish: monoftongistaa
French: monophtonguer (fr)

German: monophthongieren
Romanian: monoftonga (ro), monoftongiza

to become monophthongal

Finnish: monoftongiutua

Romanian: monoftonga (ro), monoftongiza