- 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. The...
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longest English word of one syllable, i.e.
monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123
English monosyllables published in 1957
includes three ten-letter...
- of imitation. 'Mimeme'
comes from a
suitable Gr**** root, but I want a
monosyllable that
sounds a bit like 'gene'. I hope my
classicist friends will forgive...
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described his
death thus: "Steve's
final words,
hours earlier, were
monosyllables,
repeated three times.
Before embarking, he'd
looked at his
sister Patty...
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singulars of the same verbs, tem, vem.
Other monosyllables ending in -em are not accented.
Monosyllables ending in -o(s) with the
vowel pronounced /u/...
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simple monosyllable complex monosyllable complex monosyllable →
sesquisyllable complex monosyllable →
simple monosyllable simple monosyllable simple monosyllable...
- from this process. In English, a word is
often clipped down to a
closed monosyllable and then
suffixed with ‑y or ‑ie (phonologically /-i/).
Sometimes the...
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terms linked to **** or ****ation are
incidentally four-character
monosyllables. Notably, the term "four-letter word" does not
strictly refer to words...
- of imitation. 'Mimeme'
comes from a
suitable Gr**** root, but I want a
monosyllable that
sounds a bit like 'gene'. I hope my
classicist friends will forgive...
- word that
consists of a
single syllable (like
English dog) is
called a
monosyllable (and is said to be monosyllabic).
Similar terms include disyllable (and...
