mons

Questions about mons

What does mons mean?

mons means "a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women".

How many syllables are in mons?

mons has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. 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.

What is another word for mons?

Close synonyms include mons veneris, mons pubis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mons a common word?

mons is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.