Definitions For Monophthong

Noun

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").

Coordinate terms

diphthong triphthong tetraphthong pentaphthong

Derived terms

monophthongal monophthongization

Translations

Afrikaans: monoftong Armenian: մենաբարբառ Belarusian: манафто́нг, m Breton: monoftongenn Bulgarian: монофто́нг, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 單元音, tr=dānyuányīn Danish: monoftong, c, enkeltlyd Dutch: monoftong, m, f Faroese: einljóð, n Finnish: yksinäisvokaali, monoftongi French: monophtongue, f German: Monophthong, m Greek: : Ancient: μονόφθογγος, m Icelandic: einhljóð, n Irish: aonfhoghar, m Italian: monottongo, m Japanese: 単母音 (たんぼいん, tanboin) Korean: 단모음(單母音) Latin: monophthongus Limburgish: monoftong Low German: : Dutch Low Saxon: monoftong, eankelklaank Macedonian: монофтонг, m Norwegian: monoftong, m : Nynorsk: monoftong Persian: واکه ساده, tr=vâke-ye sâde, alt=واکهٔ ساده Polish: monoftong, m Portuguese: monotongo, m Romanian: monoftong, m Russian: монофто́нг, m Swedish: monoftong Ukrainian: монофто́нг, m Welsh: unsain, f Yiddish: מאָנאָפֿטאָנג, m

Etymology

From {{uder, en, grc, μονόφθογγος, }}, from μόνος, , single + φθόγγος, , sound.