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mon·oph·thong

 (mŏn′əf-thông′, -thŏng′)
n.
1. A single vowel articulated without change in quality throughout the course of a syllable, as the vowel of English bed.
2. Two written vowels representing a single sound, as oa in boat.
[Late Greek monophthongos : Greek mono-, mono- + Greek phthongos, sound.]
mon′oph·thon′gal (-thông′gəl, -thŏng′-) adj.
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monophthong

(ˈmɒnəfˌθɒŋ)
n
(Phonetics & Phonology) a simple or pure vowel
[C17: from Greek monophthongos, from mono- + thongos sound]
monophthongal adj
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mon•oph•thong

(ˈmɒn əfˌθɔŋ, -ˌθɒŋ)

n.
a vowel sound retaining the same quality throughout its duration. Compare diphthong (def. 1).
[1610–20; < Greek monóphthongos=mono- mono- + phthóngos sound]
mon′oph•thon`gal (-gəl) adj.
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Translations
monophtongue
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