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)
- (transitive) to monophthongize (a vowel) (to cause to turn into a monophthong)
- Antonym: dittongare
- (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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