"monophthongal" meaning in English

See monophthongal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌmɒn.əfˈθɒŋ.ɡəl/ [UK], /ˌmɑ.nəfˈθɑŋ.əl/ [US], /ˌmɑ.nəfˈθɑŋ.ɡəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-monophthongal.ogg
Etymology: From monophthong + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|monophthong|al}} monophthong + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} monophthongal (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (of or pertaining to a monophthong): yksinäisvokaalinen (Finnish), monottongato (Italian), מאָנאָפֿטאָנגיש (monoftongish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-monophthongal-en-adj-r15Pn9V1 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to a monophthong': 99 1
  2. (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also commonly pronounced as a diphthong. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: monophthongic Translations (pronounced as a single vowel sound): yksinäisvokaalinen (Finnish), monottongato (Italian), מאָנאָפֿטאָנגיש (monoftongish) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-monophthongal-en-adj-~iVz1d~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 17 83 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'pronounced as a single vowel sound': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monophthong, monophthongization, monophthongize, monophthongise
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        "Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also commonly pronounced as a diphthong."
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        "(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a monophthong",
      "word": "yksinäisvokaalinen"
    },
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a monophthong",
      "word": "monottongato"
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      "word": "מאָנאָפֿטאָנגיש"
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      "word": "yksinäisvokaalinen"
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      "word": "monottongato"
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