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monosyllable
▪ I. monosyllable, n. and a. (mɒnəʊˈsɪləb(ə)l) Also 6 monosillable, 6–7 monasyllable, -sillable, 7 monesyllable, -sillible. [ad. late L. monosyllabus (see monosyllabon) after syllable.] A. n. A word of one syllable.1533 More Debell. Salem Wks. 956/1 He forgeatteth thys lyttle shorte woorde, thys mon...
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Monosyllable
In linguistics, a monosyllable is a word or utterance of only one syllable.
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monosyllable
monosyllable/ˈmɔnəsɪləbl; `mɔnəˌsɪləbl/ nword with only one syllable, eg it, and, no 单音节词(如it、 and、 no) speak in monosyllables, eg when not wanting to talk to sb 用单音节词说话(如不想和某人说话时). Cf 参看 disyllable.
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Monosyllabic language
Single-vowel form
A monosyllable may be complex and include seven or more consonants and a vowel (CCCCVCCC or CCCVCCC as in English "strengths") or be
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WORD Synonyms: 200 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for WORD: term, phrase, expression, idiom, monosyllable, morpheme, linguistic form, speech form; Antonyms of WORD: petition, appeal, plea, proposal ...
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monosyllabled
monoˈsyllabled, a. rare. [f. monosyllable n. + -ed2.] = monosyllabic a. 3.1838 I. Taylor Home Educ. 131 A monosyllabled stanza.
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monosyllabe
† monosyllabe Obs. [a. F. monosyllabe or ad. late L. monosyllabon.] = monosyllable n.1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 59 Gif ȝour Sectioun be nocht..a monosyllabe.
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Proto-Tibeto-Burman language
disyllable → simple monosyllable
sesquisyllable
sesquisyllable → disyllable
sesquisyllable → complex monosyllable
sesquisyllable → simple monosyllable complex monosyllable
complex monosyllable → sesquisyllable
complex monosyllable → simple monosyllable
simple monosyllable
simple monosyllable → disyllable
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monosyllabic
monosyllabic, a. (ˌmɒnəʊsɪˈlæbɪk) [ad. med.L. monosyllabic-us (R. Bacon 1271), f. late L. monosyllab-us = Gr. µονοσύλλαβος: see monosyllabon. Cf. F. monosyllabique (1752 in Hatz.-Darm.).] 1. Of a word: Consisting of one syllable.1828–32 Webster, Monosyllabic, i. Consisting of one syllable; as, a mon...
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Porson's Law
Porson's Law states that, if the third anceps (i.e. the bolded x above) is long and followed by a word break, then it must be a monosyllable. (9th element ends a word and is long, but is a monosyllable)
"I gave him – I wish I had died on that day!"
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monosyllabicity
monosyllabicity (mɒnəʊsɪləˈbɪsɪtɪ) [f. monosyllable n. + -icity.] = monosyllabism. Also monosyllabiˈcation.1951 N. C. Bodman in Language XXVII. 205 There has been no change..in the monosyllabicity of the Chinese morpheme from the most ancient times that we know of to the present. 1956 J. Whatmough L...
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A-Hmao language
Single-morpheme word
Monosyllable single-morpheme word. (single-morpheme words are mostly monosyllable in Hmong language)
Example:
'human being'
'tiger'
'tree'
'I'
'you'
'he'
'thousand'
'ten
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unmodulated
unˈmodulated, ppl. a. (un-1 8, 5 b.)1815 Jane Austen Emma iv, The uncouthness of a voice..wholly unmodulated. 1861 [Mrs. A. J. Penny] Romance Dull Life xx. 150 He answered with a short and unmodulated monosyllable. 1866 Livingstone Last Jrnls. (1873) I. xi. 292 A low unmodulated guttural drawl.
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Long Ago, Prophets Knew
The carol was an example of a modern hymn that utilised an older style of including a repetitive monosyllable in the chorus.
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Language Log » Apostrophes in Hanyu Pinyin
Jun 11, 2023The most famous instance of the use of an apostrophe in Hanyu Pinyin romanization is in the place name "Xi'an", the capital of Shaanxi (the doubled "a" is another story) Province. Xī'ān 西安 — two characters signifying "Western Peace". If you don't use an apostrophe to separate the syllables, you end up with the monosyllable "xian", which ...
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