diphthongisation

English

Alternative forms

diphthongization

Etymology

diphthong +‎ -isation

Noun

diphthongisation (countable and uncountable, plural diphthongisations)

The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).

Related terms

diphthongize

Translations

shift from monophthong to diphthong

Finnish: diftongiutuminen, diftongoituminen
French: diphtongaison (fr) f
Greek: διφθογγισμός m (difthongismós)
Japanese: 二重母音化 (nijūboinka)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дифтонгиза́ција f

Roman: diftongizácija (sh) f

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