unidimensional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Italic *oinos

Old Latin oinos

Latin ūnus

Latin ūni-der.

English uni-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Italic *mētis

Latin mētior

Latin dīmētior

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dīmēnsiōder.

English dimension

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English dimensional

English unidimensional

From uni- + dimensional.

Adjective

unidimensional (not comparable)

1. one-dimensional
   • 1989 August 19, Ollie Lee Taylor, quoting Richard Mohr, “Black and White Men Make It Happen Together”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 2:

     Lives are not simple and homogenous or uni-dimensional.

Catalan

Etymology

From uni- +‎ dimensional.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ni.ði.mən.si.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [u.ni.ði.mən.si.oˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [u.ni.ði.men.si.oˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

unidimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural unidimensionals)

1. one-dimensional

Further reading

• “unidimensional”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “unidimensional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “unidimensional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

From uni- +‎ dimensional.

Adjective

unidimensional m or f (plural unidimensionais)

1. one-dimensional, unidimensional

Further reading

• “unidimensional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From uni- +‎ dimensional.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ni.d͡ʒi.mẽ.si.oˈnaw/ [u.ni.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sɪ.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /u.ni.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaw/ [u.ni.d͡ʒi.mẽ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [u.ni.ði.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.di.mẽ.sjuˈnal/ [u.ni.ði.mẽ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ni.di.mẽ.sjuˈna.li/ [u.ni.ði.mẽ.sjuˈna.li]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: u‧ni‧di‧men‧si‧o‧nal

Adjective

unidimensional m or f (plural unidimensionais)

1. one-dimensional, unidimensional

Further reading

• “unidimensional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “unidimensional”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “unidimensional”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “unidimensional”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “unidimensional”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French unidimensional. By surface analysis, uni- +‎ dimensional.

Adjective

unidimensional m or n (feminine singular unidimensională, masculine plural unidimensionali, feminine/neuter plural unidimensionale)

1. unidimensional

Declension

Declension of unidimensional

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	unidimensional		unidimensională	unidimensionali	unidimensionale
	definite	unidimensionalul		unidimensionala	unidimensionalii	unidimensionalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	unidimensional		unidimensionale	unidimensionali	unidimensionale
	definite	unidimensionalului		unidimensionalei	unidimensionalilor	unidimensionalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From uni- +‎ dimensional.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unidimensjoˈnal/ [u.ni.ð̞i.mẽn.sjoˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: u‧ni‧di‧men‧sio‧nal

Adjective

unidimensional m or f (masculine and feminine plural unidimensionales)

1. one-dimensional, unidimensional

Derived terms

• unidimensionalmente

Further reading

• “unidimensional”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025