monoptote
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote."
- "What is meant by monoptote, diptote, and triptote nouns? Give examples. A monoptote is a noun which has only one case, as natu; a diptote two, as fors, forte; a triptote three, as opis, opem, ope."
Etymology
From Latin monoptotum, from Ancient Greek μονόπτωτος (monóptōtos).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: monoptotum, μονόπτωτος