"monosyllable" meaning in All languages combined

See monosyllable on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-monosyllable.ogg Forms: monosyllables [plural]
Etymology: From mono- + syllable. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mono-|syllable}} mono- + syllable Head templates: {{en-noun}} monosyllable (plural monosyllables)
  1. A word of one syllable. Translations (a word of one syllable): monosíl·lab [masculine] (Catalan), monosíl·laba [feminine] (Catalan), yksitavuinen (Finnish), yksitavuinen sana (Finnish), monosyllabe [masculine] (French), Einsilbler [masculine] (German), Einsilber [masculine] (German), Monosyllabum [neuter] (German), aonsiollach [masculine] (Irish), monosillabo [masculine] (Italian), unheeley [masculine] (Manx), enstavelsesord (Norwegian), monosylaba [feminine] (Polish), monossílabo [masculine] (Portuguese), monosílabo (Spanish), ఏకాక్షరము (ēkākṣaramu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-monosyllable-en-noun-5Z-D0T0p Disambiguation of 'a word of one syllable': 97 3
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-monosyllable-en-noun-mXFiEmvi Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monosyllabic

Inflected forms

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