MONOSYLLABIC


Meaning of MONOSYLLABIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmä-nə-sə-ˈla-bik ]

adjective

Etymology: probably from French monosyllabique, from monosyllabe

Date: 1766

1. : consisting of one syllable or of monosyllables

2. : using or speaking only monosyllables

3. : conspicuously brief in answering or commenting : terse

• mono·syl·lab·i·cal·ly -bi-k(ə-)lē adverb

• mono·syl·la·bic·i·ty -ˌsi-lə-ˈbi-sə-tē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.