Monosyllabic

Monˊo-syl-lab′ic

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

monosyllabique

.]

Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables;

as, a

monosyllabic

word; a

monosyllabic

language.

–

Monˊo-syl-lab′ic-al-ly

(#)

,

adv.

Monosyllabic

MONOSYLLAB'IC

,

Adj.

[See Monosyllable.]

1.

Consisting of one syllable; as a monosyllabic word.

2.

Consisting of words of one syllable; as a monosyllabic verse.

monosyllabic

English

Adjective

monosyllabic ‎(not comparable)

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

Antonyms

polysyllabic

Translations

consisting of one syllable

Ancient Greek: μονοσύλλαβος ‎(monosúllabos)
Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m, monosil·làbic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單音節的 (zh), 单音节的 (zh) ‎(dānyīnjié de), 一音節的, 一音节的 ‎(yīyīnjié de)
Czech: jednoslabičný (cs) m
Dutch: eenlettergrepig (nl)
Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
French: monosyllabe (fr), monosyllabique (fr)
German: einsilbig (de)

Greek: μονοσύλλαβος (el) ‎(monosýllavos)
Icelandic: einkvæður m
Irish: aonsiollach
Japanese: 単音節 ‎(たんおんせつ, tan'onsetsu)
Portuguese: monossilábico (pt), monossílabo (pt)
Russian: односло́жный (ru) ‎(odnoslóžnyj)
Slovak: jednoslabičný
Spanish: monosílabo (es)
Swedish: enstavig
Tagalog: sampantig

using monosyllables

Czech: jednoslabičný (cs) m
Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
French: monosyllabique (fr)
German: einsilbig (de)

Icelandic: einkvæður m
Portuguese: monossilábico (pt)
Spanish: monosílabico
Swedish: enstavig

Noun

monosyllabic ‎(plural monosyllabics)

a word consisting of one syllable

Translations

a word consisting of one syllable

Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m
Irish: aonsiollach m

Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m

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Webster 1913 Edition

Monosyllabic

Monˊo-syl-lab′ic

Webster 1828 Edition

Monosyllabic

MONOSYLLAB'IC

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