Found 2 items, similar to diphthongize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: diphthongize
diphthongize
v : change from a simple vowel to a diphthong;
“This vowel
diphthongized in Germanic” [syn:
diphthongise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Diphthongize
Diphthongize
\Diph"thong*ize\, v. t. & i.
To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a
simple vowel.
“The diphthongized long vowels.” --H. Sweet.
[1913 Webster]