monossilábico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ silábico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmõ.no.siˈla.bi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmõ.no.siˈla.bi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmo.no.siˈla.bi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔ.nɔ.siˈla.bi.ku/ [ˌmɔ.nɔ.siˈla.βi.ku]

Adjective

monossilábico (feminine monossilábica, masculine plural monossilábicos, feminine plural monossilábicas)

1. (grammar) monosyllabic (consisting of one syllable)
2. (colloquial) monosyllabic (speaking in monosyllables)