Standard Lemma guide

monomorphemic

adj · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • rhymes with -iːmɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Consisting of only one morpheme; not divisible into smaller parts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

consisting of only one morpheme

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • `raise' is monomorphemic but `rays' is not

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English morphemic English monomorphemic From mono- + morphemic.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: monomorfemisch — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Finnish: yksimorfeeminen — consisting of only one morpheme
  • French: monomorphémique — consisting of only one morpheme
  • German: monomorphemisch — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Greek: μονομορφηματικός (monomorfimatikós) — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Italian: monomorfemico — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Polish: jednomorfemiczny — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Polish: jednomorfemowy — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Portuguese: monomorfêmico — consisting of only one morpheme
  • Spanish: monomorfémico — consisting of only one morpheme