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MONOPHTHONG

Definition: MONOPHTHONG

MONOPHTHONG

Noun

1. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

2. A single uncompounded vowel sound.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Monophthong \Mon"oph*thong\, noun. [Greek expression with one sound; mo`nos alone sound, voice.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: MONOPHTHONG

English words defined with "MONOPHTHONG": Monophthongal. (references)

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Modern Translation: MONOPHTHONG

Language Translations for "MONOPHTHONG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

monoftong. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

проста гласна. (various references)

   

Czech

  

jednoduchá hláska. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egyelemû magánhangzó. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onophthongmay

   

Portuguese

  

monofásico. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

монофтонг. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

monoftong, jednoglasnik. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

monoftong. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tek sesli. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: MONOPHTHONG

Derivations

Words beginning with "MONOPHTHONG": monophthongal, monophthongs. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MONOPHTHONG"

Words rhyming with "MONOPHTHONG" (pronounced 'Mon"oph*thong'): Aphthong, thong. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MONOPHTHONG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-h-h-m-n-n-o-o-o-p-t"

-4 letters: pontoon.

-5 letters: gnomon, gonoph, phonon, photog, photon, ponton.

 Words containing the letters "g-h-h-m-n-n-o-o-o-p-t"
 

+1 letter: monophthongs.

 

+2 letters: monophthongal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MONOPHTHONG


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4F 4E 4F 50 48 54 48 4F 4E 47

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ---    -.    ---    .--.    ....    -    ....    ---    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001111 01001110 01001111 01010000 01001000 01010100 01001000 01001111 01001110 01000111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#78 &#79 &#80 &#72 &#84 &#72 &#79 &#78 &#71

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 004E 004F 0050 0048 0054 0048 004F 004E 0047

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4749484950425442494841

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations 		5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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