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Monophthong

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mon⋅oph⋅thong

  [mon-uhf-thawng, -thong]
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–noun Phonetics.
a vowel retaining the same quality throughout its duration.
Compare diphthong.

Origin:
1610–20; < Gk monóphthongos equiv. to mono- mono- + phthóngos sound

Related forms:
mon⋅oph⋅thon⋅gal  [mon-uhf-thawng-guhl, -thong-] , adjective
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mon·oph·thong   (mŏn'əf-thông', -thŏng')   
n.  

  1. A single vowel articulated without change in quality throughout the course of a syllable, as the vowel of English bed.

  2. Two written vowels representing a single sound, as oa in boat.


[Late Greek monophthongos : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek phthongos, sound.]
mon'oph·thon'gal (-thông'gəl, -thŏng'-) adj.
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