monosyllabic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, monosyllable +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) /ˌmɔ.nəʉ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪk/
• (US, Canada) /ˌmɑ.noʊ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧syl‧la‧bic
• Rhymes: -æbɪk

Adjective

monosyllabic (not comparable)

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

Antonyms

• polysyllabic

Translations

consisting of one syllable

• Belarusian: аднаскладо́вы (adnaskladóvy)
• Breton: unsilabennek (br)
• Bulgarian: едносри́чен (ednosríčen)
• Burmese: ဧကဝဏ္ဏ (eka.wanna.)
• Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m, monosil·làbic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單音節的／单音节的 (zh) (dānyīnjié de), 一音節的／一音节的 (yīyīnjié de)

• Czech: jednoslabičný (cs)
• Dutch: eenlettergrepig (nl)
• Faroese: einstavilsis-, við einum stavilsi
• Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
• French: monosyllabe (fr), monosyllabique (fr)
• German: einsilbig (de)
• Greek: μονοσύλλαβος (el) (monosýllavos)

  Ancient: μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos)

• Hungarian: egy szótagú, egy szótagos
• Icelandic: einkvæður
• Irish: aonsiollach
• Italian: monosillabico
• Japanese: 単音節 (たんおんせつ, tan'onsetsu)
• Korean: 단음절의 (ko) (daneumjeorui)
• Macedonian: едносложен (ednosložen)
• Plautdietsch: eensilbich
• Polish: jednosylabowy (pl)
• Portuguese: monossilábico (pt), monossílabo (pt)
• Romanian: monosilabic (ro)
• Russian: односло́жный (ru) (odnoslóžnyj)
• Slovak: jednoslabičný
• Spanish: monosílabo (es)
• Swedish: enstavig (sv)
• Tagalog: sampantig
• Ukrainian: односкладо́вий (odnoskladóvyj)
• Vietnamese: đơn âm tiết
• Volapük: balsilabik (vo), basilabik (obsolete)

using monosyllables

• Czech: jednoslabičný (cs)
• Faroese: fámæltur, fáorðaður
• Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi)
• French: monosyllabique (fr)
• German: einsilbig (de), kurz angebunden (de)
• Hungarian: kurta (hu), foghegyről odavetett
• Icelandic: einkvæður
• Portuguese: monossilábico (pt)
• Romanian: monosilabic (ro)
• Spanish: monosílabico
• Swedish: enstavig (sv)

Noun

monosyllabic (plural monosyllabics)

1. a word consisting of one syllable

Translations

a word consisting of one syllable

• Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m
• Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi), yksitavuinen sana
• German: Einsilbler (de) m, Einsilber (de) m, , Monosyllabum n
• Irish: aonsiollach m
• Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m