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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin monosyllabicus, from Latin monosyllabus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek μονοσύλλαβος (monosúllabos). By surface analysis, mono- + silábico.
Pronunciation
Adjective
monossilábico (feminine monossilábica, masculine plural monossilábicos, feminine plural monossilábicas)
- (grammar) monosyllabic (consisting of one syllable)
- (colloquial) monosyllabic (speaking in monosyllables)