Inlinguistics, amonosyllable is aword orutterance of only onesyllable.[1] It is most commonly studied in the fields ofphonology andmorphology.[2] The word has originated from theGreek language.[3]
"Yes", "no", "jump", "buy", "heat", "sure", "cough", and "and" are examples of monosyllables.[4][5] Some of the longest monosyllabic words in the English language, all containing nine letters each, are "screeched," "schlepped," "scratched," "scrounged," "scrunched," "stretched," "straights," and "strengths".[6]
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edit- ^"monosyllable".Merriam-Webster Dictionary.Merriam-Webster. Retrieved19 July 2019.
- ^Nordquist, Richard (3 July 2019)."What is a Monosyllable?".ThoughtCo. Retrieved19 July 2019.
- ^Bloomfield, Maurice (1888)."The Origin of the Recessive Accent in Greek".The American Journal of Philology.9 (1).The Johns Hopkins University Press:1–41.doi:10.2307/287243.hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t21c1w96h.JSTOR 287243.
- ^"monosyllable".Macmillan Dictionary.Springer Nature Limited. Retrieved19 July 2019.
- ^"monosyllable".Cambridge Dictionary.Cambridge University Press. Retrieved19 July 2019.
- ^"What is the longest one-syllable English word?". Archived fromthe original on April 7, 2020.
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The dictionary definition ofmonosyllable at Wiktionary- Little Frank and other tales: Chiefly in words of one syllable (1838)
