monoxyle
French, adjective\mɔ.nɔk.sil\
monoxyle is spelled M-O-N-O-X-Y-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monoxyle is a French adjective meaning “from being constructed from a single piece of lumber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Se dit d’un ouvrage fait d’une seule pièce de bois”.
What does monoxyle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
from being constructed from a single piece of lumber
- 2
dugout (canoe)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dit d’un ouvrage fait d’une seule pièce de bois.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monoxyle
- monoxyles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monoxyle?
- \mɔ.nɔk.sil\
- [mɔ.nɔ.ɡzil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is monoxyle in French?
monoxyle appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).