MONOSYLLABLE


Meaning of MONOSYLLABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmä-nə-ˌsi-lə-bəl, ˌmä-nə-ˈ ]

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- + syllabē syllable

Date: 1533

: a word of one syllable

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