uniform
u·ni·form/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/adjective, noun, verb
uniform is spelled U-N-I-F-O-R-M: 7 letters and 3 syllables (u·ni·form). It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, uniform means “Unvarying; all the same” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in uniform?
| Letters | 7: U-N-I-F-O-R-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: u·ni·form |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th 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 uniform?
Uniform appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th 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 uniform?
- US /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/
- US /ˈjunɪfɚm/
- UK /ˈjuːnɪfɔːm/
Uniform has 3 syllables, split u·ni·form in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-uniform.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of uniform
- more uniform comparative
- most uniform superlative
- uniforms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- uniforming participle, present
- uniformed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does uniform mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Unvarying; all the same.
- 2
Consistent; conforming to one standard.
- 3
with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
- 4
Composed of a single macromolecular species.
- 5
(of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
noun
- 1
A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
F. W. Robertson There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Uniform from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- 3
A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
- 4
In OpenGL, a global shader variable whose value does not change between rendering calls, serving as a parameter.
verb
- 1
To clothe in a uniform.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate uniform?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of uniform: Unif..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Uniform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | uniforme |
| German | gleichförmig, gleichmäßig , einheitlich , Uniform, Dienstkleidung , uniformieren |
| Portuguese | uniforme , farda |
| Spanish | uniforme |
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 uniform come from?
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).