monosyllabic

Borrowed from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, monosyllable +‎ -ic.

• (General Australian) /ˌmɔ.nəʉ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪˈlabɪk/
• (US, Canada) /ˌmɑ.noʊ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧syl‧la‧bic
• Rhymes: -æbɪk

monosyllabic (not comparable)

1. Consisting of one syllable.
2. Using monosyllables, speaking in monosyllables; curt.

• polysyllabic

monosyllabic (plural monosyllabics)

1. a word consisting of one syllable