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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
monophthong
mono·ph·thong 7 [monophthong monophthongs] BrE [ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ] NAmE [ˈmɑːnəfθɔːŋ] NAmE [ˈmɑːnəθɔːŋ] noun (phonetics)
a speech sound that consists of only one vowel sound, for example the sound /[uː] / in queue /[kjuː] /
compare ↑diphthong, ↑triphthong
Derived Word: ↑monophthongal
Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from Greek monophthongos, from monos ‘single’ + phthongos ‘sound’.
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