monomial
adjective, noun
monomial is spelled M-O-N-O-M-I-A-L: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, monomial means “Being or relating to a polynomial consisting of one term” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in monomial?
| Letters | 8: M-O-N-O-M-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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 monomial?
Monomial appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 monomial?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-monomial.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of monomial
- monomials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does monomial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being or relating to a polynomial consisting of one term.
noun
- 1
A single term consisting of a product of numbers and variables with positive integer exponents.
5x²y is a monomial
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Monomial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does monomial come from?
From mononomial, with -nono- simplified to -no- by haplology.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).