monophthong

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos), from μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒnəfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/; (proscribed) /ˈmɒnəpˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnəfˌθɔŋ/; (proscribed) /ˈmɑnəpˌθɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈmɑnəfˌθɑŋ/; (proscribed) /ˈmɑnəpˌθɑŋ/ === Noun === monophthong (plural monophthongs) 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"). ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====