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monopthong

monopthong is the misspelling 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").

Forms of monopthong

pluralmonopthongs

Questions about monopthong

What is monopthong the misspelling of?
Monopthong is the misspelling of monophthong.

Words near monopthong in the dictionary

  1. monopteral
  2. monopteroi
  3. monopteron
  4. monopteros
  5. monopterous
  6. monopthong
  7. monopthongs
  8. monoptic
  9. monoptical
  10. monoptically
  11. monoptote

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