mono

See also: Mono, mono-, -mono, moño, mönö, and möñö

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnoʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: (US) -ɑnoʊ
Hyphenation: mon‧o

Noun

mono (uncountable)

(informal) Clipping of mononucleosis.

Etymology 2

Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”.

Noun

mono (plural monos)

(slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Synonyms

wheelie

Etymology 3

Clipping of monophonic.

Adjective

mono (not comparable)

(colloquial) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.

Antonyms

stereo

Translations

having only a single audio channel

Chinese:
Mandarin: 單聲道／单声道 (dānshēngdào)
Finnish: mono (fi), monofoninen
French: mono (fr) m or f
Japanese: モノ (ja) (mono)
Portuguese: mono (pt)
Russian: мо́но (móno), монофони́ческий (ru) (monofoníčeskij)
Swedish: mono (sv)
Spanish: mono (es)

Etymology 4

Clipping of monochrome.

Adjective

mono (not comparable)

(colloquial) Monochrome.
- 1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 4, page 125:
  The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode.

Etymology 5

Clipping of monomorphism.

Noun

mono (plural monos)

(category theory) Abbreviation of monomorphism.

Related terms

monic

Etymology 6

Clipping of monoamorous.

Adjective

mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)

(chiefly informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.

Coordinate terms

poly

Noun

mono (plural monos)

(informal) A monogamous person.
- 2010, Leonie Linssen, Love Unlimited: The Joys and Challenges of Open Relationships:
  For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned.

Etymology 7

Clipping of monosexual.

Adjective

mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)

(chiefly informal) Monosexual.
- 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, →ISBN:
  People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway.
- 2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 37:
  That is, establishing as it does a replacement binary (mono versus bi, rather than hetero versus homo) it functions to erase lesbian and gay specificity. In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories. The difficulty of establishing bisexual legitimacy in a discursive context of oppositional categories was acknowledged by a number of participants. For some, invoking the mono/bi dichotomy affords bisexuality [...]

Coordinate terms

bi, pan

Anagrams

Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

monkey

References

Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mono”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French monnaie and English money, both from Latin monēta (“money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmono]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -ono
Hyphenation: mo‧no

Noun

mono (accusative singular monon, plural monoj, accusative plural monojn)

money
La novgeedzoj devas ŝpareme vivi kiam ili savas sufiĉan monon por aĉeti domon.
The newlyweds must live frugally as they save enough money to purchase a house.

Derived terms

monaŭtomato (“automatic teller machine”)
nutramono (“alimony”)
senmona (“penniless”)
ŝanĝmono (“change”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmono/, [ˈmo̞no̞]
Rhymes: -ono
Syllabification^(key): mo‧no

Etymology 1

From a trademark "Mono", registered in 1932 by Lahden Saapas- ja Lapikasteollisuus O.Y, since 1943 Mono Oy. The name, suggested by Arkki Laine, was chosen as result of a contest. The winner justified the name by explaining that it came from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “unique”), which described the positioning of the skiing shoes of the firm on the market. It didn't probably hurt that the founder of the firm was Jussi Mononen.

Noun

mono

(genericized trademark) skiing shoe
(slang, by extension) shoe

Declension

Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mono	monot
genitive		monon	monojen
partitive		monoa	monoja
illative		monoon	monoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mono	monot
accusative	nom.	mono	monot
accusative	gen.	monon	monot
genitive		monon	monojen
partitive		monoa	monoja
inessive		monossa	monoissa
elative		monosta	monoista
illative		monoon	monoihin
adessive		monolla	monoilla
ablative		monolta	monoilta
allative		monolle	monoille
essive		monona	monoina
translative		monoksi	monoiksi
instructive		—	monoin
abessive		monotta	monoitta
comitative		—	monoineen

Possessive forms of mono (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mononi	monomme
2nd person	monosi	mononne
3rd person	mononsa

Synonyms

(skiing shoe): hiihtokenkä

Derived terms

antaa monoa (to fire, dismiss; see antaa potkut)
monottaa

Etymology 2

< monofoninen (“monophonic”)

Adjective

mono

mono (having only a single audio channel)

Declension

Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		mono	monot
genitive		monon	monojen
partitive		monoa	monoja
illative		monoon	monoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mono	monot
accusative	nom.	mono	monot
accusative	gen.	monon	monot
genitive		monon	monojen
partitive		monoa	monoja
inessive		monossa	monoissa
elative		monosta	monoista
illative		monoon	monoihin
adessive		monolla	monoilla
ablative		monolta	monoilta
allative		monolle	monoille
essive		monona	monoina
translative		monoksi	monoiksi
instructive		—	monoin
abessive		monotta	monoitta
comitative		—	monoine

Possessive forms of mono (type valo)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mononi	monomme
2nd person	monosi	mononne
3rd person	mononsa

Synonyms

monofoninen

Anagrams

moon

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ.no/

Etymology 1

Truncation of monophonique

Adjective

mono (plural monos)

monophonic, monaural

Etymology 2

Clipping of moniteur + -o.

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

(informal) supervisor, leader (in a camp)

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmonʊ/

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

ape

Italian

Adjective

mono (invariable)

single (of one part)

Adjective

mono (invariable)

(relational) Mono

Anagrams

-nomo, nomo, nomò

Japanese

Romanization

mono

Rōmaji transcription of もの
Rōmaji transcription of モノ

Latvian

Adjective

mono

Abbreviation of monofonisks

Noun

mono f (invariable)

Abbreviation of monofonija

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably borrowed from or related to Spanish mono.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.nu/

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

monkey; ape
(figuratively) lazy or ugly person
(figuratively) deadstock
(figuratively) bulky waste

Spanish

Etymology

Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون‎ (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmono/ [ˈmo.no]
Audio (Spain) (file)
Rhymes: -ono
Syllabification: mo‧no

Adjective

mono (feminine mona, masculine plural monos, feminine plural monas, superlative monísimo)

(Spain, colloquial) cute, pretty
Synonyms: bonito, cuqui
(Colombia, colloquial) blond, blonde
Synonym: rubio

Noun

mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)

monkey
Synonyms: chango, maimón, mico, simio, (Louisiana) macaco
boiler suit, coveralls, overall, onesie (a one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour)
Synonyms: mono de trabajo, mameluco, braga, buzo, overol
jumpsuit, overalls (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists)
jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing)
(Chile, Peru) tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear)
Synonyms: buzo, chándal
(Costa Rica, slang) the vulva or vagina
(Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
Synonym: muñeco
(colloquial) withdrawal symptom
estar con el mono ― to have withdrawal symptoms
Synonym: síndrome de abstinencia

Derived terms

amonado
monada
mono araña
mono aullador
mono barrigudo
mono de feria
mono de repetición
monono
mono porfiado
monos animados
trepamonos
último mono

mono

English

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Aragonese

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Esperanto

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Finnish

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Galician

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Spanish

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