monolingue
\mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃ɡ\
The verdict
“monolingue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’utilise qu’une seule langue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monolingue · monolingue · French
monolingue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | monolingue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃ɡ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « monolingue » en français
Rare enough to double-check
monolingue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɔ.nɔ.lɛ̃ɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’utilise qu’une seule langue.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for monolingue, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is monolingue, spelled M-O-N-O-L-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’utilise qu’une seule langue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how monolingue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la même étude, on présentait aussi à des nourrissons monolingues et bilingues des phrases de leur langue maternelle (soit l’espagnol, soit le catalan) et des phrases en anglais (langue totalement inconnue pour eux). Alors qu’on observait chez les monolingues le tableau de résultats attendu, avec des temps d’orientation plus rapides pour la langue fam…
Né dans l’est du Tennessee, le Cherokee Sequoyah (v. 1770-1843) est monolingue et illettré.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.