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Meaning of "monophthongise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPHTHONGISE

monophthongise  [ˈmɒnəfθɒŋˌɡaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOPHTHONGISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monophthongise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb monophthongise in English.

WHAT DOES MONOPHTHONGISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of monophthongise in the English dictionary

The definition of monophthongise in the dictionary is to change a vowel sound into a monophthong. Other definition of monophthongise is to turn into a monophthong.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MONOPHTHONGISE

PRESENT

Present
I monophthongise
you monophthongise
he/she/it monophthongises
we monophthongise
you monophthongise
they monophthongise
Present continuous
I am monophthongising
you are monophthongising
he/she/it is monophthongising
we are monophthongising
you are monophthongising
they are monophthongising
Present perfect
I have monophthongised
you have monophthongised
he/she/it has monophthongised
we have monophthongised
you have monophthongised
they have monophthongised
Present perfect continuous
I have been monophthongising
you have been monophthongising
he/she/it has been monophthongising
we have been monophthongising
you have been monophthongising
they have been monophthongising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I monophthongised
you monophthongised
he/she/it monophthongised
we monophthongised
you monophthongised
they monophthongised
Past continuous
I was monophthongising
you were monophthongising
he/she/it was monophthongising
we were monophthongising
you were monophthongising
they were monophthongising
Past perfect
I had monophthongised
you had monophthongised
he/she/it had monophthongised
we had monophthongised
you had monophthongised
they had monophthongised
Past perfect continuous
I had been monophthongising
you had been monophthongising
he/she/it had been monophthongising
we had been monophthongising
you had been monophthongising
they had been monophthongising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will monophthongise
you will monophthongise
he/she/it will monophthongise
we will monophthongise
you will monophthongise
they will monophthongise
Future continuous
I will be monophthongising
you will be monophthongising
he/she/it will be monophthongising
we will be monophthongising
you will be monophthongising
they will be monophthongising
Future perfect
I will have monophthongised
you will have monophthongised
he/she/it will have monophthongised
we will have monophthongised
you will have monophthongised
they will have monophthongised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been monophthongising
you will have been monophthongising
he/she/it will have been monophthongising
we will have been monophthongising
you will have been monophthongising
they will have been monophthongising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would monophthongise
you would monophthongise
he/she/it would monophthongise
we would monophthongise
you would monophthongise
they would monophthongise
Conditional continuous
I would be monophthongising
you would be monophthongising
he/she/it would be monophthongising
we would be monophthongising
you would be monophthongising
they would be monophthongising
Conditional perfect
I would have monophthongise
you would have monophthongise
he/she/it would have monophthongise
we would have monophthongise
you would have monophthongise
they would have monophthongise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been monophthongising
you would have been monophthongising
he/she/it would have been monophthongising
we would have been monophthongising
you would have been monophthongising
they would have been monophthongising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you monophthongise
we let´s monophthongise
you monophthongise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to monophthongise
Past participle
monophthongised
Present Participle
monophthongising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOPHTHONGISE


aguise
əˈɡaɪz
aguize
əˈɡaɪz
disguise
dɪsˈɡaɪz
epiloguise
ˈepɪləˌɡaɪz
epiloguize
ˈɛpɪləˌɡaɪz
guise
ɡaɪz
monologuise
ˈmɒnələˌɡaɪz
monologuize
ˈmɒnələˌɡaɪz
monophthongize
ˈmɒnəfθɒŋˌɡaɪz
prologize
ˈprəʊlɒˌɡaɪz
prologuise
ˈprəʊlɒˌɡaɪz
prologuize
ˈprəʊlɒˌɡaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOPHTHONGISE

monophagous
monophagy
monophase
monophasic
monophobia
monophobic
monophonic
monophonically
monophony
monophosphate
monophthong
monophthongal
monophthongize
monophyletic
monophyllous
monophyly
monophyodont

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOPHTHONGISE

analogise
apologise
chronologise
de-energise
demythologise
diphthongise
energise
entomologise
etymologise
geologise
homologise
mythologise
neologise
pathologise
psychologise
reenergise
strategise
syllogise
tautologise
theologise

Synonyms and antonyms of monophthongise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monophthongise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOPHTHONGISE

Find out the translation of monophthongise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of monophthongise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monophthongise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

monophthongise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monophthongise
570 millions of speakers

English

monophthongise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monophthongise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

monophthongise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

monophthongise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monophthongise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

monophthongise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monophthongise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monophthongise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

monophthongise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

monophthongise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

monophthongise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monophthongise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monophthongise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monophthongise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनोफथँन्जिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monophthongise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monophthongise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monophthongise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

monophthongise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monophthongise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

monophthongise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monophthongise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monophthongise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monophthongise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monophthongise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHTHONGISE»

The term «monophthongise» is barely ever used and occupies the 209.507 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHTHONGISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «monophthongise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «monophthongise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about monophthongise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPHTHONGISE»

Discover the use of monophthongise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monophthongise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax
... more forward and higher than in BATH, and the offglide is often retained: [A_I]. See also MOUTH, below. MOUTH Cultivated usually has [A_U], while General again follows the tendency to monophthongise diphthongs, and often has [A ̆].
Edgar Werner Schneider, Bernd Kortmann, 2004
2
Africa, South and Southeast Asia
The onset is always rounded in General varieties, usually mid-low; but the offglide is more central, sometimes unrounded, and there is once again a tendency to monophthongise. Thus, 'normal' General pronunciations of GOAT would be [ø ̈], ...
Rajend Mesthrie, 2008
3
Varieties of English: Africa, South and Southeast Asia
The onset is always rounded in General varieties, usually mid-low; but the offglide is more central, sometimes unrounded, and there is once again a tendency to monophthongise. Thus, 'normal' General pronunciations of GOAT would be [oeu], ...
Rajend Mesthrie, 2008
4
English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and ...
Much more frequent than this, however, is a tendency to monophthongise this vowel by omitting the glide, so that words like beer are often heard as [bɪː], especially when they occur in compounds such as beer garden. This smoothing ...
Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill, Dominic Watt, 2013
5
Interactions Across Englishes: Linguistic Choices in Local ...
... as they tend not to keep the length distinction, and generally diphthongs as pronounced by the Central and the Western Bantu differ from those of the Kalenjin and Luo; whereas the former tend to monophthongise diphthongs, the latter are ...
Christiane Meierkord, 2012
6
Issues in English Creoles: Papers from the 1975 Hawaii ...
As for some mainland dialects the vowels in pin and pen are realized as very similar, if not identical, usually a dip- thong [єә] . 6.3.2. WBD, on the other hand, does not monophthongise any Standard diphthong. The nuclei in the two diphthongs ...
Richard R. Day, 1980
7
A Companion to the Latin Language
... vowel /s/ and the few remaining cases of loe/ monophthongised, merging with original /e:/ and /i/ as the new vowel /e/. On the back axis, lau/ also started to monophthongise in non-standard varieties at an early date, merging with original /o:/.
James Clackson, 2011
8
History of Englishes: New Methods and Interpretations in ...
... being determined by the composition of the input vowel), if possible, and monophthongise, if relevant; otherwise, diphthongise. Of course, it remains to be established whether such a scenario is appropriate in some form to all the different ...
Matti Rissanen, Ossi Ihalainen, Terttu Nevalainen, 1992
9
English in Southeast Asia: Features, Policy and Language in Use
Salbrina (2009) also finds that there is a tendency for Bruneians to monophthongise the /ә~/ diphthong in pronouncing words such as 'cloak', which occurs several times in the reading passage. Deterding (2007b) compares acoustic ...
Ee Ling Low, Azirah Hashim, 2012
10
English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and ...
Much more frequent than this, however, is a tendency to monophthongise this vowel by omitting the glide, so that words like beer are often heard as [bɪː], especially when they occur in compounds such as beer garden. This smoothing ...
Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill, Dominic Watt, 2012

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Monophthongise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/monophthongise>. May 2024 ».
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