מאָנאָפֿטאָנג

Yiddish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos), from μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound”).

Noun

מאָנאָפֿטאָנג • (monoftong) m, plural מאָנאָפֿטאָנגען‎ (monoftongen)

(linguistics, phonetics) monophthong

Derived terms

מאָנאָפֿטאָנגיש‎ (monoftongish)

Related terms

דיפֿטאָנג‎ (diftong)

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