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Definition of monophthong in English: monophthongnoun ˈmɒnəpθɒŋˈmɒnəfθɒŋ Phonetics A vowel that has a single perceived auditory quality. Contrasted with diphthong, triphthong Example sentencesExamples - A study of Tunisian women in Morocco showed that older women categorically use diphthongs/aw/and/aj /, while middle-aged women alternate between diphthongs and monophthongs.
- One of the most notable features evident here is the vocalist's tendency to produce monophthongs in words like ‘I’ and ‘my’ so they sound more like ahh and mahh.
- Urban Texas is also abandoning the ‘y’ sound after ‘n’, ‘d' and ‘t’, exchanging diphthongs for monophthongs.
- The monophthongs and diphthongs total 14 vowel sounds, perhaps the smallest vowel system of any long-established variety of English.
Derivatives adjective mənɒpˈθɒŋɡ(ə)l Phonetics The allegation that the president said ‘abugah-rayp’ would mean that he got it almost exactly right (here I'm ignoring the details of the length and monophthongal quality of the [e] vowel)
Origin Early 17th century: from Greek monophthongos, from monos 'single' + phthongos 'sound'. Definition of monophthong in US English: monophthongnoun Phonetics A vowel that has a single perceived auditory quality. Contrasted with diphthong, triphthong Example sentencesExamples - Urban Texas is also abandoning the ‘y’ sound after ‘n’, ‘d' and ‘t’, exchanging diphthongs for monophthongs.
- A study of Tunisian women in Morocco showed that older women categorically use diphthongs/aw/and/aj /, while middle-aged women alternate between diphthongs and monophthongs.
- The monophthongs and diphthongs total 14 vowel sounds, perhaps the smallest vowel system of any long-established variety of English.
- One of the most notable features evident here is the vocalist's tendency to produce monophthongs in words like ‘I’ and ‘my’ so they sound more like ahh and mahh.
Origin Early 17th century: from Greek monophthongos, from monos ‘single’ + phthongos ‘sound’. |