Diphthongize: alternatives and connections

The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as,…

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

the act of attaching or affixing something

A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs.

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…

A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as…

A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong.

Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong.

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

Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.

The act of changing into a diphthong.

The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a s…

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…