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monophthongs

monophthongs is the plural of monophthong.

Meaning of monophthong

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").

Questions about monophthongs

What is monophthongs the plural of?
Monophthongs is the plural of monophthong.

Words near monophthongs in the dictionary

  1. monophthongizations
  2. monophthongize
  3. monophthongized
  4. monophthongizes
  5. monophthongizing
  6. monophthongs
  7. monophyla
  8. monophylesis
  9. monophyletic
  10. monophyletic group
  11. monophyletic groups

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