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Definitions for monosyllable
ˈmɒn əˌsɪl ə bəlmono·syl·la·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. monosyllable, monosyllabic wordnoun

    a word or utterance of one syllable

Wiktionary

  1. monosyllablenoun

    A word of one syllable.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MONOSYLLABLEnoun

    A word of only one syllable.

    Etymology: monosyllabe, Fr. μόνος and συλλαϐὴ .

    My name of Ptolemy!
    It is so long it asks an hour to write it:
    I’ll change it into Jove or Mars!
    Or any other civil monosyllable,
    That will not tire my hand. John Dryden, Cleomenes.

    These, although not insensible how much our language was already over-stocked with monosyllables, yet, to save time and pains, introduced that barbarous custom of abbreviating words, to fit them to the measure of their verses. Jonathan Swift.

    Monosyllable lines, unless artfully managed, are stiff or languishing; but may be beautiful to express melancholy. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Monosyllable

    In linguistics, a monosyllable is a word or utterance of only one syllable. It is most commonly studied in the fields of phonology and morphology and it has no semantic content. The word has originated from the Greek language."Yes", "no", "jump", "buy", "heat", "sure", "cough", and "and" are examples of monosyllables. Some of the longest monosyllabic words in the English language, all containing nine letters each, are "screeched," "schlepped," "scratched," "scrounged," "scrunched," "stretched," "straights," and "strengths."There are five countries that only have one syllable: Chad, France, Greece, Laos, and Spain.

ChatGPT

  1. monosyllable

    A monosyllable is a word or a term that consists of only one syllable or a single unit of sound. Examples include words like "cat", "fly", "go", etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Monosyllablenoun

    a word of one syllable

  2. Etymology: [L. monosyllabus of one syllable, Gr. : cf. F. monosyllabe. See Mono-, Syllable.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Monosyllable

    mon-ō-sil′la-bl, n. a word of one syllable.—adj. Monosyllab′ic, consisting of one syllable, or of words of one syllable.—n. Monosyl′labism, an exclusive use of monosyllables, as in Chinese.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of monosyllable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of monosyllable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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