monosyllable

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ syllable.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

monosyllable (plural monosyllables)

1. A word of one syllable.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:monosyllable.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt

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Coordinate terms

• duosyllable
• trisyllable
• tetrasyllable
• pentasyllable
• sexisyllable
• heptasyllable
• octosyllable
• enneasyllable
• decasyllable
• endecasyllable
• dodecasyllable
• polysyllable

Related terms

• monosyllabic

Translations

a word of one syllable

• Catalan: monosíl·lab (ca) m, monosíl·laba (ca) f
• Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi), yksitavuinen sana
• French: monosyllabe (fr) m
• German: Einsilbler (de) m, Einsilber (de) m, , Monosyllabum n
• Irish: aonsiollach m
• Italian: monosillabo (it) m
• Manx: unheeley m
• Norwegian: enstavelsesord
• Polish: monosylaba f
• Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m
• Spanish: monosílabo (es)
• Telugu: ఏకాక్షరము (te) (ēkākṣaramu)

References

• 1811, Lexicon Balatronicum: Monosyllable, a woman's commodity.