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Word Meanings - DIPHTHONGALIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Related words: (words related to DIPHTHONGALIZE)

  • DIPHTHONGATION
    See DIPHTHONGIZATION
  • 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.

 

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