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monophthongalenUK
mon·oph·thong M0397000 (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. |