monosyllable

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ syllable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

monosyllable (plural monosyllables)

1. A word of one syllable.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt

Related terms

• monosyllabic

References

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

Translations

a word of one syllable

• Finnish: yksitavuinen (fi), yksitavuinen sana
• French: monosyllabe (fr) m
• German: Einsilbler (de) m, Einsilber (de) m, , Monosyllabum n
• Irish: aonsiollach m
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• Italian: monosillabo (it) m
• Manx: unheeley m
• Portuguese: monossílabo (pt) m
• Telugu: ఏకాక్షరము (te) (ēkākṣaramu)

See also

• duosyllable
• polysyllable