Meaning

1 senses
  1. A word consisting of one syllable.

    Einsilbler, Einsilber, Monosyllabum

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The adjective 'monosyllabic' is not monosyllabic.

    ruПрилагательное «односложный» не односложное. — Ooneykcall

  2. The word "злой" is the only monosyllabic Russian adjective.

    Слово «злой» — единий односкладовий російський прикметник. — User55521

    ruСлово "злой" — единственное односложное русское прилагательное. — Ooneykcall

    de„злой“ ist das einzige russische Adjektiv mit nur einer Silbe. — Tickler

  3. It's easy to get monosyllabic words mixed up with each other.

    deEinsilbige Wörter kann man leicht miteinander verwechseln. — freddy1

  4. My brother is monosyllabic.

    ruМой брат немногословен. — RusVictoric1993

  5. Chinese is a monosyllabic language.

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
a word consisting of one syllable:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient

Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, monosyllable + -ic or mono- + syllabic.

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Forms

plural: monosyllabics
Singularmonosyllabic
Pluralmonosyllabics

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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