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monosemic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
monosemic
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to monosemy.

adj

Consisting of, or equal to, a single semeion.

Etymology

Etymology tree English monosemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monosemic From monosemy + -ic.

Inflected Forms

monoseme (alternative)

Derived Forms

monosemically

Synonyms

monosemantic monosemous unambiguous univocal monomoraic

Questions

What does monosemic mean?
Of or pertaining to monosemy.
Where does monosemic come from?
Etymology tree English monosemy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English monosemic From monosemy + -ic.

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