-erize

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Etymology[edit]

From Chinese ér(huà) +‎ -ize.

Verb[edit]

-erize (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -erizes, present participle -erizing, simple past and past participle -erized)

  1. (linguistics) To add r-coloring; to take on an r-colored vowel; to exhibit or undergo erhua.

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