Word Meanings - DIPHTHONGALIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong.

DIPHTHONGATION
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DIPHTHONGALIZE
To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong.
PRONOUNCER
One who pronounces, utters, or declares; also, a pronouncing book.
DIPHTHONGIC
Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. H. Sweet.
PRONOUNCE
1. To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly. 2. To utter officially or solemnly; to deliver,
PRONOUNCEABLE
Capable of being pronounced.
PRONOUNCED
Strongly marked; unequivocal; decided. Note: views became every day more pronounced. Thackeray.
PRONOUNCEMENT
The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.
DIPHTHONG
A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain,
DIPHTHONGIZATION
The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet.
DIPHTHONGAL
Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- Diph*thon"gal*ly, adv.
DIPHTHONGIZE
To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." H. Sweet.
MISPRONOUNCE
To pronounce incorrectly.