adj
Meaning 1
Consisting of one syllable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- monosyllabic word
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monosyllabic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪk/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American:
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Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, dialectal: /ˌmɒn.oʊ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ of the US
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Australia:
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rhymes with -æbɪk
adj
Meaning 2
Using monosyllables, speaking in monosyllables; curt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- monosyllabic responses
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A word consisting of one syllable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, monosyllable + -ic or mono- + syllabic.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أُحَادِيّ المَقْطَع (ʔuḥādiyy al-maqṭaʕ) — consisting of one syllable
- Armenian: միավանկ (miavank) — consisting of one syllable
- Belarusian: аднаскладо́вы (adnaskladóvy) — consisting of one syllable
- Breton: unsilabennek — consisting of one syllable
- Bulgarian: едносри́чен (ednosríčen) — consisting of one syllable
- Burmese: ဧကဝဏ္ဏ (eka.wanna.) — consisting of one syllable
- Catalan: monosíl·lab — consisting of one syllable
- Catalan: monosil·làbic — consisting of one syllable
- Chinese Mandarin: 單音節的 /单音节的 (dānyīnjié de) — consisting of one syllable
- Chinese Mandarin: 一音節的 /一音节的 (yīyīnjié de) — consisting of one syllable
- Czech: jednoslabičný — consisting of one syllable
- Dutch: eenlettergrepig — consisting of one syllable
- Faroese: einstavilsis- — consisting of one syllable
- Faroese: við einum stavilsi — consisting of one syllable
- Finnish: yksitavuinen — consisting of one syllable
- French: monosyllabique — consisting of one syllable
- German: einsilbig — consisting of one syllable
- German: monosyllabisch — consisting of one syllable
- Greek: μονοσύλλαβος (monosýllavos) — consisting of one syllable
- Ancient Greek: μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos) — consisting of one syllable
- Hungarian: egy szótagú — consisting of one syllable
- Hungarian: egy szótagos — consisting of one syllable
- Icelandic: einkvæður — consisting of one syllable
- Irish: aonsiollach — consisting of one syllable
- Italian: monosillabico — consisting of one syllable
- Japanese: 単音節 (tan'onsetsu) — consisting of one syllable
- Korean: 단음절의 (daneumjeorui) — consisting of one syllable
- Macedonian: едносложен (ednosložen) — consisting of one syllable
- Plautdietsch: eensilbich — consisting of one syllable
- Polish: jednosylabowy — consisting of one syllable
- Portuguese: monossilábico — consisting of one syllable
- Portuguese: monossílabo — consisting of one syllable
- Romanian: monosilabic — consisting of one syllable
- Russian: односло́жный (odnoslóžnyj) — consisting of one syllable
- Slovak: jednoslabičný — consisting of one syllable
- Spanish: monosílabo — consisting of one syllable
- Swedish: enstavig — consisting of one syllable
- Tagalog: sampantig — consisting of one syllable
- Turkish: tek heceli — consisting of one syllable
- Ukrainian: односкладо́вий (odnoskladóvyj) — consisting of one syllable
- Vietnamese: đơn âm tiết — consisting of one syllable
- Volapük: balsilabik — consisting of one syllable
- Volapük: basilabik — consisting of one syllable
- Welsh: unsillaf — consisting of one syllable
- Czech: jednoslabičný — using monosyllables
- Faroese: fámæltur — using monosyllables
- Faroese: fáorðaður — using monosyllables
- Finnish: yksitavuinen — using monosyllables
- French: monosyllabique — using monosyllables
- German: einsilbig — using monosyllables
- German: kurz angebunden — using monosyllables
- German: monosyllabisch — using monosyllables
- Hungarian: kurta — using monosyllables
- Hungarian: foghegyről odavetett — using monosyllables
- Icelandic: einkvæður — using monosyllables
- Portuguese: monossilábico — using monosyllables
- Romanian: monosilabic — using monosyllables
- Spanish: monosílabico — using monosyllables
- Swedish: enstavig — using monosyllables
- Catalan: monosíl·lab — a word consisting of one syllable
- Finnish: yksitavuinen — a word consisting of one syllable
- Finnish: yksitavuinen sana — a word consisting of one syllable
- German: Einsilbler — a word consisting of one syllable
- German: Einsilber — a word consisting of one syllable
- German: Monosyllabum — a word consisting of one syllable
- Irish: aonsiollach — a word consisting of one syllable
- Portuguese: monossílabo — a word consisting of one syllable