monophthong

monophthong

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos), from μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnəfθɔŋ/, /ˈmɑnəpθɔŋ/

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").

Derived terms

• monophthongal
• monophthongization

Translations

vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation

Afrikaans: monoftong Armenian: մենաբարբառ (hy) (menabarbaṙ) Breton: monoftongenn Bulgarian: монофтонг m (monoftong) Chinese: Mandarin: 單元音 (zh), 单元音 (zh) (dānyuányīn) Danish: monoftong c, enkeltlyd Dutch: monoftong (nl) m or f Faroese: einljóð n Finnish: yksinäisvokaali, monoftongi (fi) French: monophtongue (fr) f German: Monophthong (de) m Icelandic: einhljóð (is) n Irish: aonfhoghar m Italian: monottongo (it) m Japanese: 単母音 (たんぼいん, tanboin)

Korean: 단모음 (ko) (danmo-eum) Latin: monophthongus Limburgish: monoftong Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: monoftong, eankelklaank Macedonian: монофтонг m (monoftong) Norwegian: monoftong m Nynorsk: monoftong Persian: واکه ساده‎ (fa) Polish: monoftong (pl) m Portuguese: monotongo m Romanian: monoftong (ro) m Russian: монофто́нг (ru) m (monoftóng) Swedish: monoftong (sv) Ukrainian: монофтонг m (monoftonh)