Dictionary

monophthong en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɒnəfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/ (UK)
• /ˈmɑnəfˌθɔŋ/ (US)
• /ˈmɑnəpˌθɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger, proscribed)
• (UK)
• /ˈmɑnəfˌθɑŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• (General-American) audio
• (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos), from μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

Meanings

1. A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").

Forms

Coordinates

diphthong · tetraphthong · pentaphthong · triphthong

Deriveds

monophthongic · monophthongal · monophthongization · monophthongise · monophthongisation · monophthongize

Translations (37)

ja 単母音 (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · uk монофто́нг (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · grc μονόφθογγος (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · be манафто́нг (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · nn monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · fi monoftongi (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · yi מאָנאָפֿטאָנג (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · fi yksinäisvokaali (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · vi nguyên âm đơn (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · de Monophthong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · it monottongo (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · br monoftongenn (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · af monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · da enkeltlyd (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · la monophthongus (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · nl monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · no monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · cmn 單元音 /单元音 (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · sv monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · ro monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · fo einljóð (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · da monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · ko 단모음 (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · bg монофто́нг (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · hu monoftongus (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · pt monotongo (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · is einhljóð (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · mk монофтонг (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · li monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · fr monophtongue (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · ru монофто́нг (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · fa واکهٔ ساده (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · cy unsain (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · pl monoftong (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · ga aonfhoghar (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · hy մենաբարբառ (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation) · hu egyeshangzó (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation)