monosyllable

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mon·o·syl·la·ble

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(mŏn'ə-sĭl'ə-bəl) pronunciation
n.
A word or an utterance of one syllable.

[From Latin monosyllabum, from Greek monosullabon : mono-, mono- + sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]


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Monosyllable

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A word of one syllable.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A word with one vowel sound followed or preceded by consonant sounds.

pronunciation Green is a monosyllable which, in English, means a mixture of blue and yellow.

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Monosyllable

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - enstavelsesord

Nederlands (Dutch)
eenlettergrepig woord

Français (French)
n. - monosyllabe

Deutsch (German)
n. - einsilbiges Wort, Einsilber

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μονοσύλλαβη λέξη

Italiano (Italian)
monosillabo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - monossílabo (m)

Русский (Russian)
односложное слово, односложно отвечать

Español (Spanish)
n. - monosílabo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - enstavigt ord

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
单音节字

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 單音節字

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 단절음어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一音節, 単音節語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحادي المقطع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלה חד-הברתית‬


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