monophthong

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈmɑnəfθɔŋ/; (proscribed) /ˈmɑnəpθɔŋ/

Noun

monophthong (plural monophthongs)

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").

Translations

• French: monophtongue
• German: Monophthong
• Italian: monottongo
• Portuguese: monotongo
• Russian: монофто́нг

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