ˈmänəfˌthȯŋ, -nəˌth- also -thäŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Greek monophthongos single vowel, from Greek mon- + phthongos sound
: a vowel sound that throughout its duration has a single constant articulatory position and acoustic structure and whose boundary on either side is a consonant or a syllable boundary — compare diphthong , triphthong
• mon·oph·thon·gal | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷(g)əl adjective