monosyllabic

adj.

1. Having only one syllable.
2. Characterized by or consisting of monosyllables.

monosyllabically mon'o·syl·lab'ic·al·ly adv.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Composed of words of one syllable, for literary babes who never tire of testifying their delight in the vapid compound by appropriate googoogling. The words are commonly Saxon -- that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions.

    The man who writes in Saxon
    Is the man to use an ax on
                                                              Judibras

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IN BRIEF: Having to do with words with one vowel sound.

Why are there five syllables in the word monosyllabic? — Steven Wright.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - enstavelses-, monosyllabisk, som kun bruger én stavelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
eenlettergrepig, niet welbespraakt, verlegen

Français (French)
adj. - monosyllabique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einsilbig, (Ling.) monosyllabisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μονοσύλλαβος, μονοσυλλαβικός, μονολεκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
monosillabico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - monossilábico

Русский (Russian)
односложный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - monosilábico, de una sílaba

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - enstavig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一音节的, 单音节的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 一音節的, 單音節的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 단절음의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 単音節の, 単音節語の, そっけない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أحادي المقطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חד-הברתית (מילה), משיב תשובות קצרות ("כן", "לא" וכו')‬

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