Explore Monophthong through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Monophthong meaning
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").
Using Monophthong
- The main meaning on this page is: 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").
Context around Monophthong
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monophthong
- In this selection, "monophthong" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, becomes stand out and add context to how "monophthong" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to the monophthong é as and which a monophthong becomes a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monophthong" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monophthong
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vowel breaking or diphthongization is a vowel shift in which a monophthong becomes a diphthong. (15 words)
An early change that separated Runic Danish from the other dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é, as in stæinn to sténn "stone". (32 words)
An early change that separated Runic Danish from the other dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é, as in stæinn to sténn "stone". (32 words)
Vowel breaking or diphthongization is a vowel shift in which a monophthong becomes a diphthong. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
An early change that separated Runic Danish from the other dialects of Old East Norse was the change of the diphthong æi to the monophthong é, as in stæinn to sténn "stone".
Vowel breaking or diphthongization is a vowel shift in which a monophthong becomes a diphthong.