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English
Etymology
From 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.
Derived terms
Translations
to change to a monophthong