- 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...
- from this process. In English, a word is
often clipped down to a
closed monosyllable and then
suffixed with -y/-ie (phonologically /-i/).
Sometimes the suffix...
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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...
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simple monosyllable complex monosyllable complex monosyllable →
sesquisyllable complex monosyllable →
simple monosyllable simple monosyllable simple monosyllable...
- 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...
-
described his
death thus: "Steve's
final words,
hours earlier, were
monosyllables,
repeated three times.
Before embarking, he'd
looked at his
sister Patty...
- war for
creating effective propaganda by
saying that ****s "was a
brisk monosyllable handy for
slogans like 'Rap the ****' or 'Let's
Blast the ****
Clean Off...
-
famous self-introduction from any
character in
movie history.
Three cool
monosyllables,
surname first, a
little curtly, as
befits a
former naval commander...
- 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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whereas the
masculine ones
usually have –и for
polysyllables and –ове for
monosyllables (however,
exceptions are
especially common in this group).
Nouns ending...
