monophthongn.

Brit.

/ˈmɒnə(f)θɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɔŋ/,

/məˈnɑpˌθɔŋ/,

/ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɑŋ/,

/məˈnɑpˌθɑŋ/

Forms: 1600s monophthongue, 1600s monopthong, 1700s– monophthong.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονόϕθογγος.

Etymology: < Byzantine Greek μονόϕθογγος (from 4th or 5th cent. in grammarians) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + ϕθόγγος sound (see diphthong n.). Compare earlier diphthong n.

A single vowel sound; a vowel sound with no glide.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun]

vowelc1308

vocalc1570

monophthong1616

vowel-sound1795

oral1885

vocalic1902

1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum sig. C4 A Syllable of one letter is euery vowell, a, e, i, o, u, and y, monophthongues.

1640 S. Daines Orthoepia Anglicana 20 A monopthong is, when a syllable is composed of one vowell, whether alone by it self,..or joyned with one or more consonants.

1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 266 Eau in beau is as truly a monophthong as the interjection O.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 782/2 The sound of the so-called long a in make, paper, &c., although once a monophthong, is now pronounced as a diphthong.

1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 22 The levelling of the two elements of a diphthong under a monophthong.

1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City i. 19 The diphthong /oy/ is often a monophthong, especially before /l/.

1990 Trans. Philol. Soc. 88 59 Synchronic variation between <eald> and <ald> for the OE equivalent of ‘old’, is traditionally taken as evidence for a West-Saxon (WS) diphthong and an Anglian monophthong respectively.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. i. 253 An equal mixture of consonants with soft and monophthong vowels.

1936 G. K. Zipf Psycho-biol. Lang. (U.K. ed.) 77 It is also..possible to compare monophthong-vowels with diphthongs which contain them.

Derivatives

ˈmonophthonging n. rare = monophthongization n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > conversion to monophthong

monophthongization1880

smoothing1888

monophthonging1894

monophthongizing1904

1894 F. J. Curtis Invest. Rimes Clariodus 52 The monophthonging of ai was of too old a date to allow us to suppose that [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monophthong
释义	monophthongn. Brit. /ˈmɒnə(f)θɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɔŋ/, /məˈnɑpˌθɔŋ/, /ˈmɑnə(f)ˌθɑŋ/, /məˈnɑpˌθɑŋ/ Forms: 1600s monophthongue, 1600s monopthong, 1700s– monophthong. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονόϕθογγος. Etymology: < Byzantine Greek μονόϕθογγος (from 4th or 5th cent. in grammarians) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + ϕθόγγος sound (see diphthong n.). Compare earlier diphthong n. A single vowel sound; a vowel sound with no glide. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] vowelc1308 vocalc1570 monophthong1616 vowel-sound1795 oral1885 vocalic1902 1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum sig. C4 A Syllable of one letter is euery vowell, a, e, i, o, u, and y, monophthongues. 1640 S. Daines Orthoepia Anglicana 20 A monopthong is, when a syllable is composed of one vowell, whether alone by it self,..or joyned with one or more consonants. 1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 266 Eau in beau is as truly a monophthong as the interjection O. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 782/2 The sound of the so-called long a in make, paper, &c., although once a monophthong, is now pronounced as a diphthong. 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) 22 The levelling of the two elements of a diphthong under a monophthong. 1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City i. 19 The diphthong /oy/ is often a monophthong, especially before /l/. 1990 Trans. Philol. Soc. 88 59 Synchronic variation between <eald> and <ald> for the OE equivalent of ‘old’, is traditionally taken as evidence for a West-Saxon (WS) diphthong and an Anglian monophthong respectively. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. i. 253 An equal mixture of consonants with soft and monophthong vowels. 1936 G. K. Zipf Psycho-biol. Lang. (U.K. ed.) 77 It is also..possible to compare monophthong-vowels with diphthongs which contain them. Derivatives ˈmonophthonging n. rare = monophthongization n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > conversion to monophthong monophthongization1880 smoothing1888 monophthonging1894 monophthongizing1904 1894 F. J. Curtis Invest. Rimes Clariodus 52 The monophthonging of ai was of too old a date to allow us to suppose that [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616
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