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monotype

noun · verb · 9 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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  • /ˈmɑnoʊˌtaɪp/ General American, Canada, biological sense
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AA1 N AH0 T AY2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A print made by creating the design using oil paint or printer's ink on metal or glass, then transferring the image directly to paper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: art, arts, media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The technique of making such prints.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: art, arts, media, printing, publishing

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A monotypic taxon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A sailboat designed to be crewed or raced by a single person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, sailing, transport

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6

noun

Meaning 6

In the Hindley–Milner type system, a single specific data type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To produce a monotype of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to monotype an engraving

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8

noun

Meaning 8

a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: typesetting machine

9

noun

Meaning 9

(biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon

History

Etymology

From mono- + type or mono- + -type. The printing technique is so called because it allows only one impression to be taken.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: monotype — a print of some design created on metal or glass
  • Italian: monotipo — a print of some design created on metal or glass
  • Polish: monotypia — a print of some design created on metal or glass
  • Polish: monotypia — a technique of making a monotype
  • Greek: μονοτύπης (monotýpis) — a monotypic taxon
  • Polish: monotyp — a monotypic taxon
  • French: monotype — a typesetting machine
  • German: Monotype — a typesetting machine
  • Polish: monotyp — a typesetting machine