Definition of Monophthongs. Meaning of Monophthongs. Synonyms of Monophthongs

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Definition of Monophthongs

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 Monophthongs from wikipedia

- vowel. The conversions of monophthongs to diphthongs (diphthongization), and of diphthongs to monophthongs (monophthongization), are major elements of language...
- undergone monophthongization, digraphs that formerly represented diphthongs now represent monophthongs. The opposite of monophthongization is vowel breaking...
- whose quality does not change throughout the vowel is called a monophthong. Monophthongs are sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A vowel sound...
- breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned or...
- Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), monophthongs are transcribed with one symbol, as in English sun [sʌn], in which ⟨ʌ⟩ represents a monophthong. Diphthongs are transcribed...
- southern portion of the eastern ridges and lowlands. The appearance of monophthongs in this region is sometimes attributed to the high degree of Scandinavian...
- and several other British dialects. The vowel in SQUARE is a steady monophthong [eː], significantly raised well above open-mid, which is the common realisation...
- traditional dialect of The Hague they are pure monophthongs [ɛː, œː, ɑː]. Broad Amsterdam speakers can also monophthongize /ɛi/, but to [aː]. It typically does...
- the extremes of as short as a typical short monophthong to longer than the sum of two long monophthongs. Varying lengths of diphthongs are not noted...
- vowel /ɛː/, as explained above. /ɪə/ is increasingly pronounced as a monophthong [ɪː], although without merging with any existing vowels. The diphthong...