diphthongise

Questions about diphthongise

What does diphthongise mean?

diphthongise means "change from a simple vowel to a diphthong".

How many syllables are in diphthongise?

diphthongise has 3 syllables and divides as diph-thon-gise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for diphthongise?

Close synonyms include diphthongize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diphthongise a common word?

diphthongise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.