- "jump", "buy", "heat", "sure", "cough", and "and" are
examples of
monosyllables. Some of the
longest monosyllabic words in the
English language, all...
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longest English word of one syllable, i.e.
monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123
English monosyllables published in 1957
includes three ten-letter...
- and
terms linked to **** or ****ation are
incidentally four-character
monosyllables. Notably, the term "four-letter word" does not
strictly refer to words...
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nasal vowel lost its
nasalization in the
Romance languages except in
monosyllables,
where it
became /n/ e.g.
Spanish quien < quem "whom",
French rien "anything"...
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singulars of the same verbs, tem, vem.
Other monosyllables ending in -em are not accented.
Monosyllables ending in -o(s) with the
vowel pronounced /u/...
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pronunciation is inconsistent. Many of
these borrowed words,
especially monosyllables,
words ending in ⟨е⟩ and many
words where ⟨е⟩
follows ⟨т⟩, ⟨д⟩, ⟨н⟩...
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described his
death thus: "Steve's
final words,
hours earlier, were
monosyllables,
repeated three times.
Before embarking, he'd
looked at his
sister Patty...
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special consideration. As in China, the
great majority of
surnames are
monosyllables representing a
single character,
while a few are two
character names...
- They
exhibit reduced activity and slowness, and can
speak in
whispered monosyllables.
Patients often show
visual fixation on
their examiner, move
their eyes...
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famous self-introduction from any
character in
movie history.
Three cool
monosyllables,
surname first, a
little curtly, as
befits a
former naval commander...
