(phonetics) The process of becoming monophthong, for a diphthong or triphthong.

plural of monophthongization

plural of monophthong

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").

(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a monophthong. / (linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also commonly pronounced as a diphthong.

In a monophthongal manner.

present participle of monophthongize

simple past tense and past participle of monophthongize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monophthongize

(transitive, linguistics) To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel). / (intransitive, linguistics) To become a monophthong.