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monosyllabic

How many syllables in monosyllabic?

  5 syllables

Divide monosyllabic into syllables:   mon-o-syl-lab-ic
Primary syllable stress:   mon-o-syl-lab-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   mon-o-syl-lab-ic
How to pronounce monosyllabic:   mon-uh-si-lab-ik
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noun
  1. A word with only 1 syllable
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