Monophthong - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɑːnəfθɔːŋ|  American pronunciation of the word monophthong
Brit.  |ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ|  British pronunciation of the word monophthong

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").
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