monophone rare.
(ˈmɒnəʊfəʊn)
[f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + ϕωνή sound.]
1. (See quot.)
| 1891 R. L. Garner in New Rev. Nov. 429, I have found it necessary to coin a new word to describe the character of their [sc. monkeys'] speech, and as each idea seems to be couched in a single word of one syllable and nearly, indeed of one letter, I have called it a monophone. |
2. = homophone.
| 1891 Teachers' Aid 27 Jan. 311 A list of spelling, prefixes, affixes, and roots, with a few monophones, is all it contains. |