monophthongs
Meaning of monophthongs
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 monophthongs
- It is a name.
- The singular form of monophthongs is: monophthong.
- Languages in which monophthongs is used:
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Hyphenation of monophthongs
monoph-thongs
- It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
- monophthongs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with monophthongs
billabongs, bongs, picongs, dingdongs, dongs, quandongs, packfongs, pakfongs, underfongs, bogongs, bugongs, chittagongs, dugongs, gongs, legongs, qigongs, wobbegongs, diphthongs, hongs, soochongs, souchongs, thongs, triphthongs, currajongs, kurrajongs, mahjongs, Longs, anklongs, belongs, cacholongs, flongs, furlongs, headlongs, kalongs, klongs, livelongs, longs, oblongs, oolongs, oulongs, passalongs, plongs, prolongs, singalongs, tagalongs, Hmongs, mongs, nongs, scuppernongs, boongs