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monophthong

noun

🔊/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ/, 🔊/ˈmɒnəθɒŋ/

🔊/ˈmɑːnəfθɔːŋ/, 🔊/ˈmɑːnəθɔːŋ/

(phonetics语音学)

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a speech sound that consists of only one vowel sound, for example the /uː/ sound in queue /kjuː/ 单元音compare diphthong, triphthong
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek monophthongos, from monos ‘single’ + phthongos ‘sound’.