adjective
- relating to or consisting of a monophthong (a vowel sound that remains constant in quality throughout its duration)
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The vowel sound in ‘cat’ is monophthongal.
- Spanish has mostly monophthongal vowels compared to English.
- The linguist analyzed the monophthongal characteristics of the dialect.
- In phonetic transcription, monophthongal vowels are represented by single symbols.
- The shift from diphthongal to monophthongal pronunciation occurred over centuries.
- Students learned to distinguish between monophthongal and diphthongal sounds.