monophthong
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monophthongos), from μόνος (monos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthongos, “sound”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monophthong (plural monophthongs)
- 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").
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Translations[edit]
vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation
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