monosyllabic

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(General Australian) /ˌmɔ.nəʉ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪk/
(US, Canada) /ˌmɑ.noʊ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/
Audio (CA) (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧no‧syl‧la‧bic
Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

monosyllabic (not comparable)

Consisting of one syllable.
Using monosyllables, speaking in monosyllables; curt.

Antonyms

polysyllabic

Translations

consisting of one syllable

Belarusian: аднаскладо́вы (adnaskladóvy)
Breton: unsilabennek (br)
Bulgarian: едносри́чен (ednosríčen)
Burmese: ဧကဝဏ္ဏ (eka.wanna.)
Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m, monosil·làbic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單音節的／单音节的 (zh) (dānyīnjié de), 一音節的／一音节的 (yīyīnjié de)
Czech: jednoslabičný (cs)
Dutch: eenlettergrepig (nl)
Faroese: einstavilsis-, við einum stavilsi
Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
French: monosyllabe (fr), monosyllabique (fr)
German: einsilbig (de)
Greek: μονοσύλλαβος (el) (monosýllavos)
Ancient: μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos)
Hungarian: egy szótagú, egy szótagos
Icelandic: einkvæður
Irish: aonsiollach
Italian: monosillabico
Japanese: 単音節 (たんおんせつ, tan'onsetsu)
Korean: 단음절의 (ko) (daneumjeorui)
Macedonian: едносложен (ednosložen)
Plautdietsch: eensilbich
Polish: jednosylabowy (pl)
Portuguese: monossilábico (pt), monossílabo (pt)
Romanian: monosilabic (ro)
Russian: односло́жный (ru) (odnoslóžnyj)
Slovak: jednoslabičný
Spanish: monosílabo (es)
Swedish: enstavig (sv)
Tagalog: sampantig
Ukrainian: односкладо́вий (odnoskladóvyj)
Vietnamese: đơn âm tiết
Volapük: balsilabik (vo), basilabik (obsolete)

using monosyllables

Czech: jednoslabičný (cs)
Faroese: fámæltur, fáorðaður
Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
French: monosyllabique (fr)
German: einsilbig (de), kurz angebunden (de)
Hungarian: kurta (hu), foghegyről odavetett
Icelandic: einkvæður
Portuguese: monossilábico (pt)
Romanian: monosilabic (ro)
Spanish: monosílabico
Swedish: enstavig (sv)

Noun

monosyllabic (plural monosyllabics)

a word consisting of one syllable

Translations

a word consisting of one syllable

Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m
Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi), yksitavuinen sana
German: Einsilbler (de) m, Einsilber (de) m, , Monosyllabum n
Irish: aonsiollach m
Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m

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