Definition of Monophthong. Meaning of Monophthong. Synonyms of Monophthong

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Definition of Monophthong

Monophthong
Monophthong Mon"oph*thong, n. [Gr. ? with one sound; mo`nos alone + ? sound, voice.] 1. A single uncompounded vowel sound. 2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

Meaning of Monophthong from wikipedia

- A monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-) is a pure vowel sound, or one whose articulation at beginning and end is relatively fixed,...
- Monophthongization is a sound change by which a diphthong becomes a monophthong, a type of vowel shift. It is also known as ungliding, as diphthongs are...
- distinct diphthongs, one in every syllable. Diphthongs contrast with monophthongs, where the tongue or other speech organs do not move and the syllable...
- whose quality does not change throughout the vowel is called a monophthong. Monophthongs are sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A vowel sound...
- quality to another that p****es over a third. While "pure" vowels, or monophthongs, are said to have one target articulator position, diphthongs have two...
- Saxon) mid, /eo/ /eːo/, spelt ⟨eo⟩ low, /æɑ/ /æːɑ/, spelt ⟨ea⟩ As with monophthongs, the length of the diphthongs was not indicated in spelling, but in modern...
- position. The Hamont-Achel dialect contains 22 monophthong and 13 diphthong phonemes. The amount of monophthongs is higher than that of consonants. On average...
- southern portion of the eastern ridges and lowlands. The appearance of monophthongs in this region is sometimes attributed to the high degree of Scandinavian...
- dialects (not counting diphthongs), Standard Swedish has 17 pure vowels (monophthongs), standard German and Dutch 14, and Danish at least 11. The Amstetten...
- breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned or...