מאָנאָפֿטאָנג

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

מאָנאָפֿטאָנג • (monoftong) m, plural מאָנאָפֿטאָנגען (monoftongen)

1. (linguistics, phonetics) monophthong

Derived terms

• מאָנאָפֿטאָנגיש (monoftongish)

Related terms

• דיפֿטאָנג (diftong)