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People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.
Anna Quindlen

Meaning of "monosyllable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOSYLLABLE

monosyllable  [ˈmɒnəˌsɪləbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOSYLLABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monosyllable is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MONOSYLLABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syllable

A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a syllable nucleus with optional initial and final margins. Syllables are often considered the phonological "building blocks" of words. They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic meter and its stress patterns. Syllabic writing began several hundred years before the first letters. The earliest recorded syllables are on tablets written around 2800 BC in the Sumerian city of Ur. This shift from pictograms to syllables has been called "the most important advance in the history of writing". A word that consists of a single syllable is called a monosyllable. Similar terms include disyllable for a word of two syllables; trisyllable for a word of three syllables; and polysyllable, which may refer either to a word of more than three syllables or to any word of more than one syllable.

Definition of monosyllable in the English dictionary

The definition of monosyllable in the dictionary is a word of one syllable, esp one used as a sentence.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOSYLLABLE


assimilable
əˈsɪmɪləbəl
available
əˈveɪləbəl
bailable
ˈbeɪləbəl
decasyllable
ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəl
dissyllable
dɪˈsɪləbəl
disyllable
ˈdaɪsɪləbəl
dodecasyllable
ˌdəʊdɛkəˈsɪləbəl
hendecasyllable
ˈhɛndɛkəˌsɪləbəl
irreconcilable
ɪˈrɛkənˌsaɪləbəl
octosyllable
ˈɒktəˌsɪləbəl
polysyllable
ˈpɒlɪˌsɪləbəl
quadrisyllable
ˈkwɒdrɪˌsɪləbəl
refillable
riːˈfɪləbəl
resaleable
riːˈseɪləbəl
saleable
ˈseɪləbəl
scalable
ˈskeɪləbəl
syllable
ˈsɪləbəl
tetrasyllable
ˌtɛtrəˈsɪləbəl
trisyllable
traɪˈsɪləbəl
unavailable
ˌʌnəˈveɪləbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOSYLLABLE

monostelic
monostely
monostich
monostichic
monostichous
monostome
monostomous
monostrophe
monostrophic
monostylar
monostyle
monostylous
monosyllabic
monosyllabically
monosyllabicity
monosyllabism
monosymmetric
monosymmetrical
monosymmetry
monosynaptic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOSYLLABLE

able
articulable
billable
calculable
concealable
controllable
fillable
in words of one syllable
incalculable
inviolable
manipulable
peelable
recyclable
regulable
resealable
rollable
scrollable
sellable
semblable
uncontrollable
unsellable

Synonyms and antonyms of monosyllable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monosyllable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOSYLLABLE

Find out the translation of monosyllable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of monosyllable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monosyllable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单音节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monosílabo
570 millions of speakers

English

monosyllable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकाक्षर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأحادية المقطع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

односложное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monossílabo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একস্বরা শব্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monosyllabe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monosyllable
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einsilbiges Wort
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単音節語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단음절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monosyllable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiếng đơn âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monosyllable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Monosyllable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tek heceli kelime
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monosillabo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sylaba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

односкладове
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monosilabic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοσύλαβο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eenlettergrepig woord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monosyllable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monosyllable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monosyllable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOSYLLABLE»

The term «monosyllable» is regularly used and occupies the 94.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOSYLLABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about monosyllable

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QUOTES WITH «MONOSYLLABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word monosyllable.
1
Anna Quindlen
People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOSYLLABLE»

Discover the use of monosyllable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monosyllable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Publications in Classical Philology
Among these eases the break is preceded by : a quadrisyllable 0 times P trisyllable monosyllable 34 times y monosyllable trisyllable 2 times J dissyllable dissyllable 0 times e monosyllable dissyllable monosyllable 13 times r monosyllable ...
University of California, Berkeley, 1904
2
Sex Scandal: The Private Parts of Victorian Fiction
A vivid instance of the specifically linguistic compensations sponsored by sexual subjects arises in the principal entry under which a nineteenth-century slang dictionary lists the terms for female genitals: monosyllable (or, alternately, "the divine ...
William A. Cohen, 1996
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Publications in Classical Philology
Among these cases the break is preceded by : a quadrisyllable 0 times /S trisyllable monosyllable 34 times 7 monosyllable trisyllable 2 times 5 dissyllable dissyllable 0 times e monosyllable dissyllable monosyllable 13 times f monosyllable ...
California. University, University of California, Berkeley, 1904
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Hiatus in Greek melic poetry
Among these cases the break is preceded by: a quadrisyllable 0 times j3 trisyllable monosyllable 34 times 7 monosyllable trisyllable 2 times S dissyllabic dissyllable 0 times e monosyllable dissyllable monosyllable 13 times J monosyllable ...
Edward Bull Clapp, 1904
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Institutes of Latin Grammar
An initial penthemimer is succeeded by a monosyllable; thus Te belluosus qui remotis— iv. 14, 47. The only exceptions are the dissyllables and quadrisyllables. A final penthemimer is preceded by a monosyllable ; thus Consulque rum unius ...
John Grant, 1823
6
Essentials of Audiology
On the other hand, pointing to "duck" (a monosyllable) or "birdhouse" (a spondee ) in response to "turtle" (a trochee) shows that the patient also has difficulty identifying temporal or stress patterns. The fundamental approach of the MTS test has ...
Stanley A. Gelfand, 2011
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American Journal of Philology
Evidently the monosyllable in these cases is a sentence enclitic. The remaining 6 * cases are as follows : nunc and the Greek vai used as exclamatory words, dem, des, res, rent and these, if not sentence-enclitics, certainly have a relatively ...
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, 1910
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The Oxford Book of American Poetry
Monosyllable. One day she fell in love with its heft and speed. Tough, lean, fast as light slow as a cloud. It took care of rain, short noon, long dark. It had rough kin ; did not stall. With it, she said, I may, if I can, sleep; since I must, die. Some say ...
David Lehman, 2006
9
Gesta Regum Britannie:
The Gesta Regum Britannie is freer still: it contains 104 such endings (or one per 47 lines), although a preceding monosyllable is absent on only 38 occasions. It is evident, then, that the Gesta Regum Britannie employs a very high proportion ...
Neil Wright, 1991
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Syntactic Development, Its Input and Output
Table 3.4 Distribution of verbs by origin and length, in the three corpora Parental full-sized corpus Anglo-Saxon, monosyllable 430 48.21% 321,799 94.93% Anglo -Saxon,polysyllable 109 12.22% 2,919 0.86% Latinate,monosyllable 132 ...
Anat Ninio, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOSYLLABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monosyllable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Column 8: A pair of stairs
... the 'longest monosyllable' quest: squelched, stretched, scratched, scrounged​, splotched, scrunched​, staunched​, strengths and straights. «WA today, Jul 15»
2
Colin and Justin: Cleaning up to Nantucket chic
We chattered effusively as our client listened: calmed into monosyllable, perhaps, by our pneumatic zeal. “Fancy 'island nautical' as your new ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
3
'The Fraud': The life you save may (or may not) be your own
(Brah is a somehow a contraction of bro, in case that monosyllable was too taxing.) Chillax, aside, everyone else rings true. Tina, always the ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
4
British People Would Rather Get Drunk at Home Than the Pub
Is there a questioning monosyllable more pleasing to the ears than “Pub?” Solidifier of friendships, precursor to any night out worth suffering for ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 15»
5
Asking for a Raise How To Get To “Yes”
... being open to alternatives to raises, will improve the chances that a request for one will be met by everyone's favorite monosyllable – “yes”. «Loop 21, Jun 15»
6
Young, melodious notes
It's one such monosyllable that is actually feared, it is one word that is camouflaged more than the Army gear! While some enjoy it, others have ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
7
Real-life Rumpole who put the SEX into the 60s: The story of Jeremy …
The Anglo-Saxon monosyllable — the F-word to you and me, which cropped up 30 times in Lady Chatterley's Lover — might not seem today ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
8
10 Other Times When Girls Say and#039;I Doand#039;
The words 'I do' have become synonymous with weddings and are considered two most romantic monosyllable words in history. Although our ... «iDiva.com, Jun 15»
9
The connecting thread
For popular author Ravinder Singh his role in wifey dearest's dressing is restricted to answering the standard questions in monosyllable, 'Am I ... «Chandigarh Tribune, May 15»
10
Venice Biennale 2015, International Art Exhibition, review: 'hectoring …
Sombre black chainsaws hanging from the ceiling. Rusty machetes sprouting from the floor. Neon letters spelling out the brutal monosyllable ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»

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