mono-

mono-

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

English

Alternative forms

• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əʊ/, /ˈmɒn.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.nə/

Prefix

Greek number prefix

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mono-

1. one, single, only

Synonyms

• uni- (from Latin)

Antonyms

• poly- (from Ancient Greek)
• multi- (from Latin)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mono-

Translations

one

Armenian: մի (hy) (mi), մեն (hy) (men) Catalan: mono- (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 一 (zh) (yī), 單／单 (zh) (dān) Finnish: yksi- (fi), mono- (fi) French: mono- (fr), uni- (fr) Galician: mono- (gl) Georgian: მონო- (mono-), ერთ- (ert-) German: mono- (de), ein- (de) Greek: μονο- (el) (mono-) Indonesian: mono-, eka- Irish: aon- Japanese: 一 (ja) (い, i, いち, ichi, ひと, hito), 単 (ja) (たん, tan), モノ (ja) (mono) Malay: eka- (ms), mono- (ms) Manx: un- Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵢⵏ- m (ayn-), ⵜⴰⵢⵏ- f (tayn-), ⵉⵢⵏ- m pl (iyn-), ⵜⵉⵢⵏ- f pl (tiyn-) Old English: ān- Polish: mono- (pl) Portuguese: mono- Russian: одно- (odno-), моно- (ru) (mono-) Spanish: mono- (es) Ukrainian: одно- (odno-), моно- (mono-)

See also

• Thesaurus:number

Further reading

• mono- at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “mono-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

• “mono-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mono-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “mono-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mono-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Dutch terms prefixed with mono-

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Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmono-/, [ˈmo̞no̞-]

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Usage notes

• Mono- and uni- are used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.

Anagrams

• moon

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with mono-

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Derived terms

Galician terms prefixed with mono-

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German

Alternative forms

• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo(ː)no/
• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

• “mono-” in Duden online
• “mono-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with mono-

Anagrams

• -nomo, nomo, nomò

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Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.nɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
• Syllabification: mo‧no

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

   ‎mono- + ‎-gram → ‎monogram

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

• mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmõ.no/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmõ.no/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmo.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔ.nɔ/

Prefix

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with mono-

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

1. mono-

   Synonym: uni-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

• “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014