definiens
/dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/noun
definiens is spelled D-E-F-I-N-I-E-N-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, definiens means “The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of definiens is definientia.
How many letters and syllables are in definiens?
| Letters | 9: D-E-F-I-N-I-E-N-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is definiens?
Definiens appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce definiens?
- UK /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/
- UK /deːˈfiːnieːns/
- UK /diːˈfaɪnɪɛːnz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-definiens.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of definiens
- definientia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does definiens mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does definiens come from?
From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).