"monosyllable" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-monosyllable.ogg [Australia] Forms: monosyllables [plural]
Etymology: From mono- + syllable. Etymology templates: {{affix|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), 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- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monosyllabic

Inflected forms

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