n.
Pronunciation: ' mä-n ə - ˌ si-l ə -b ə l, ˌ mä-n ə - '
Function: noun
Etymology: modification of Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French monosyllabe, from Late Latin monosyllabon, from Greek, from neuter of monosyllabos having one syllable, from mon- + syllab ē syllable
Date: 1533
: a word of one syllable