Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monospace

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: monospace
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.

verb

To type, typeset, or design text using a typeface that has the same width for each character.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English monospace From mono- + space.

Inflected Forms

monospaces (present, singular) monospacing (participle, present) monospaced (participle, past) monospaced (past)

Frequently Paired Words

duospace

Antonyms

proportional

Questions

What does monospace mean?: Of a typeface, having characters with uniform width.
Where does monospace come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English monospace From mono- + space.

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