Monosyllabic synonyms

Originally Siamese was purely monosyllabic, that is, each true word consisted of a single vowel sound preceded by, or followed by, a consonant.

The words are mostly monosyllabic, making it easy to understand during a noisy game.

Speech discrimination in the child of three to six years of age may be tested by having the child look at pictures of common objects as a monosyllabic word is read to him or her.

The language now consists of about 15,000 words, of which compounds of two monosyllabic words and appropriations from foreign sources form a very large part.

Peter Dinklage's performance is particularly good, particularly since his dialog is almost monosyllabic for much of the film.