monopole

monopole

See also: Monopole, monopolé, and monopôle

English

Etymology 1

From the Middle French monopole or its etymon the Late Latin monopōlium (“a monopoly”).

Noun

monopole (plural monopoles)

1. An appellation owned by a single winery.

References

• “ˈmonopole¹” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Further reading

• Monopole (wine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

mono- +‎ pole.

Noun

monopole (plural monopoles)

1. (physics) A magnetic monopole.
2. A monopole antenna.
3. An electrical power transmission line having one direct-current conductor and a ground (earth) connection.

Translations

magnetic monopole

Czech: monopól m Finnish: monopoli (fi), magneettinen monopoli German: Monopol (de) m Russian: монопо́ль (ru) m (monopólʹ)

antenna

Czech: monopól m Finnish: maatasoantenni, sauva-antenni, monopoli (fi), monopoliantenni

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Italian: (please verify) monopolo (1) Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) монопол m (monopol)

References

• monopole³” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Further reading

• Magnetic monopole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Monopole antenna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonopolɛ/

Noun

monopole

1. vocative singular of monopol

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monopōlium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ.pɔl/

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Noun

monopole m (plural monopoles)

1. monopoly
   • 1856, “Mémoire sur l'île de Chio présenté par M. Fustel de Coulanges, membre de l'École française d'Athènes”, in Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires‎, volume 5, Paris, page 624:

     Plus tard, la démogérontie fit un marché avec le gouvernement, et, moyennant un droit fixe et annuel, elle fit abolir à la fois le monopole et l'impôt, et obtint que le commerce fût libre.

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Derived terms

• monopoliser
• monopoliste

Descendants

• → Turkish: monopol

See also

• monopsone
• oligopole

Further reading

• “monopole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monopōlium.

Noun

monopole m (plural monopoles)

1. an exclusive right to sell something

References

• Etymology and history of “monopole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.