monomorphemic

1. 1.

   consisting of only one morpheme

   “`raise' is monomorphemic but `rays' is not”

Questions about monomorphemic

What does monomorphemic mean?

monomorphemic means "consisting of only one morpheme".

How many syllables are in monomorphemic?

monomorphemic has 5 syllables and divides as mo-no-mor-phe-mic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is monomorphemic a common word?

monomorphemic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.