Standard Lemma guide

monoid

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmɒnɔɪd/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing only one kind of metrical foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: functional programming

Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mono- + -oid.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 幺半群 (yāobànqún) — type of set
  • Czech: monoid — type of set
  • Finnish: monoidi — type of set
  • French: monoïde — type of set
  • German: Monoid — type of set
  • Hindi: एकाभ (ekābh) — type of set
  • Icelandic: einungur — type of set
  • Icelandic: hálfgrúpa með hlutleysu — type of set
  • Polish: monoid — type of set
  • Portuguese: monóide — type of set
  • Serbo-Croatian: моноид — type of set
  • Serbo-Croatian: monoid — type of set
  • Spanish: monoide — type of set
  • Swedish: monoid — type of set
  • Turkish: birlik — type of set
  • Turkish: monoid — type of set