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monophysite

/məˈnɒfɪsaɪt/noun, adjective

monophysite is spelled M-O-N-O-P-H-Y-S-I-T-E: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, monophysite means “Alternative letter-case form of Monophysite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of monophysite is monophysites.

How many letters and syllables are in monophysite?

Letters11: M-O-N-O-P-H-Y-S-I-T-E
In writingabout once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 monophysite?

Monophysite appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 monophysite?

  • /məˈnɒfɪsaɪt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of monophysite

  • monophysites plural
  • more monophysite comparative
  • most monophysite superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does monophysite mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of Monophysite.

    Christianity had already established itself in Arabia. In Yemen, the city of Nagrân had become the seat of a Christian bishopric, and some of the more important tribes, like Kindeh and Ghassân, had embraced Christianity, which was also the

adjective

  1. 1

    Describing the beliefs of a Μonophysite.

noun

as Monophysite
  1. 1

    A member of a Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian view that Christ has two natures, both fully man and fully God, and is co-eternal and co-substantial with the Father.

  2. 2

    derogatoryA member of the Oriental Orthodox Church.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Monophysite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmonophysite (member of an early Christian sect which held…)
GermanMonophysit, Monophysitin (member of an early Christian sect which held…), monophysitisch (Describing the beliefs of a Μonophysite)
Portuguesemonofisista (member of an early Christian sect which held…)
Spanishmonofisista (member of an early Christian sect which held…)

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 monophysite come from?

From Medieval Latin monophysita, from Byzantine Greek μονοφυσίτης (monophusítēs), from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “single”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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