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monosyllable

mono.syl.la.ble \'ma:n-*-.sil-*-b*l, .ma:n-*-'\ n [modif. of MF or LL; MF 
   monsyllabe, fr. LL monosyllabon, fr. Gk, fr]. neut. of monosyllabos having 
   one syllable, fr. mon- + syllabe- syllable : a word of one syllable