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Webster 1913 Edition
Monophthong
Mon′oph-thong
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] with one sound;
μόνοσ
alone + [GREEK] sound, voice.] 1.
A single uncompounded vowel sound.
2.
A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
Webster 1828 Edition
Monophthong
MON'OPHTHONG
,Noun.
Definition 2024
monophthong
monophthong
English
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").
Derived terms
Translations
vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation
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