monosyllable

mon·o·syl·la·ble

M0399300 (mŏn′ə-sĭl′ə-bəl)n. A word or an utterance of one syllable.

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[From Latin monosyllabum, from Greek monosullabon : mono-, mono- + sullabē, syllable; see syllable.]

monosyllable

(ˈmɒnəˌsɪləbəl) n (Linguistics) a word of one syllable, esp one used as a sentence ˌmonoˈsyllaˌbism n

mon•o•syl•la•ble

(ˈmɒn əˌsɪl ə bəl)

n. a word of one syllable, as yes or no. [1525–35; after Late Latin monosyllabon; see monosyllabic]

monosyllable

A word with only one syllable.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

monosyllable - a word or utterance of one syllablemonosyllabic wordword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

Translations

monosillabicomonosillabo