Monophthongal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒmÉ’n.É™fˈθɒŋ.É¡É™l/
• US IPA: /ËŒmÉ‘.nÉ™fˈθɑŋ.É™l/, /ËŒmÉ‘.nÉ™fˈθɑŋ.É¡É™l/

Origin

From monophthong + -al.

Full definition of monophthongal

Adjective

1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
2. (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is otherwise normally pronounced as a diphthong.

Antonyms

• diphthongal

Related terms

• monophthong
• monophthongization
• monophthongize
  monophthongise