monotongação

Portuguese

Etymology

From monotongar (“to monophthongize”) +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.no.tõ.ɡaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [mo.no.tõ.ɡaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɔ.nɔ.tõ.ɡɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: mo‧no‧ton‧ga‧ção

Noun

monotongação f (plural monotongações)

  1. (linguistics, phonology) monophthongization (the process of becoming a monophthong)
    Antonym: ditongação

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