monottongare

Italian

Etymology

From monottongo + -are.

Verb

monottongàre (first-person singular present monottòngo, first-person singular past historic monottongài, past participle monottongàto, auxiliary avére) (phonetics)

  1. (transitive) to monophthongize (a vowel) (to cause to turn into a monophthong)
    Antonym: dittongare
  2. (intransitive) to monophthongize (to turn into a monophthong) (of a vowel) [auxiliary avere]
    Antonym: dittongare

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • monottongare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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