monophtongue

• monophthongue (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔf.tɔ̃ɡ/

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• Homophones: monophtonguent, monophtongues

Borrowed from Latin monophthongos or monophthongus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos, “monophthong”).

monophtongue f (plural monophtongues)

1. (phonetics, phonology) monophthong

• monophtonguer
  • monophtongaison

• diphtongue
• triphtongue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

monophtongue

1. inflection of monophtonguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “monophtongue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.