monotypic
/ˌmɒ.nəˈtɪ.pɪk/adjective
monotypic is an adjective meaning “Relating to or exhibiting monotypy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-N-O-T-Y-P-I-C, and it appears about once in every 18 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does monotypic mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to or exhibiting monotypy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce monotypic?
- /ˌmɒ.nəˈtɪ.pɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-monotypic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of monotypic
- more monotypic comparative
- most monotypic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is monotypic?
Monotypic appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th 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).
Monotypic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Relating to monotypy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | monotypique |
| German | monotypisch |
| Portuguese | monotípico |
| Spanish | monotípico |
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 monotypic come from?
From mono- + typic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).