monotonia
Portuguese, noun/mo.no.toˈni.ɐ/
monotonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “monotony (tedium)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é monótono”.
What does monotonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemonotony (tedium)
- 2
femininemonotony (property of mathematical function)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que é monótono 2. ausência de variedade 3. persistência de determinadas condições ou circunstâncias 4. uniformidade ou falta de gradação, na distribuição das tintas de um quadro ou nas cores de uma perspectiva
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monotonia
- monotonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monotonia?
- Brazil /mo.no.toˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /mu.nu.tuˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monotonia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monotonia in Portuguese?
monotonia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).