monophthong

Meaning of monophthong

noun

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").

Information about monophthong

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of monophthong is: monophthongs.
  • Languages ​​in which monophthong is used:

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Hyphenation of monophthong

monoph-thong

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • monophthong is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with monophthong

Hong, hong, ahong, Chong, Souchong, balachong, blachong, soochong, souchong, Haiphong, DeShong, Groshong, aphthong, diphthong, tessaraphthong, thong, triphthong

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