Translations for „monosyllable“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

monosyllable ADJ

monosyllable

أحادي المقطع

monosyllable <monosyllable; monosyllables> N

monosyllable

ذات مقطع واحد

monosyllable LING

كَلِمَةٌ أُحَادِيَّةُ المَقْطَع

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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As the camera faces his back and the tailor does the measurements, he responds to the tailor's polite questions in monosyllables.

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There's such glee in it, too, and such bravado in the staccato pummelling of those weighty monosyllables.

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Such harmless industry may surely be forgiven if it can not be praised; may he therefore never want a monosyllable who can use it with such wonderful dexterity.

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The tendency to monosyllables is quite worrying, as is the use of signs instead of sentences with subjects and predicates.

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And it's a sure bet that the remaining 88 per cent spent a few chilly days speaking in monosyllables or sleeping in separate beds.

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No, any functioning politician must now speak in monosyllables of simple matters for presumably simple folk.

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Since boo is a monosyllable, it can also be said very quickly, which may add to its scariness.

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There is nothing more depressing than the grunts, monosyllables and unfinished sentences of the young.

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Reports noted he stood in the one spot, he struggled to comprehend questions and those he answered were in monosyllables.

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It has the simple, honest feel that clings to old monosyllables, without any airs.

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