monophthongize

Verb

transitive intransitive

(transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel). / (intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞の場合）母音を一重母音に変える、あるいは母音の組み合わせから単一の母音に変えること / （自動詞の場合）母音が一重母音となること、すなわち、元々の複合母音が単一母音に変化すること

In his phonology paper, he argued that stressed diphthongs in the dialect monophthongize during rapid speech.

彼は音韻論の論文で、その方言の強勢のある二重母音が早口では単母音化すると主張した。

Sense（1）

(transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).

Sense（2）

(intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.

monophthongizes

（ present singular third-person ）

monophthongizing

（ participle present ）

monophthongized

（ participle past ）

monophthongized

（ past ）