diphthongisation

English

Alternative forms

• diphthongization

Etymology

diphthong +‎ -isation

Noun

diphthongisation (countable and uncountable, plural diphthongisations)

1. 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

• Catalan: diftongació (ca) f
• Finnish: diftongiutuminen (fi), 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