monosémie
\mɔ.nɔ.se.mi\
The verdict
“monosémie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété, pour un mot, de ne posséder qu’un seul sens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-monosemie · monosémie · French
monosémie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | monosémie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.nɔ.se.mi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
monosémie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.nɔ.se.mi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propriété, pour un mot, de ne posséder qu’un seul sens.".
monosémie has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is monosémie, spelled M-O-N-O-S-É-M-I-E.
Definition
- 1Propriété, pour un mot, de ne posséder qu’un seul sens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how monosémie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On en déduira donc que c’était plutôt la préservation des rapports théologiques initialement cités qui était en jeu dans le maintien de la monosémie des termes nodaux de parenté.
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.