Mon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mon"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Mon (plural Mons)

1. Abbreviation of Monday.

Translations

Monday

• Catalan: dl. (ca)
• Czech: po (cs)
• Estonian: E (et)
• Finnish: ma (fi)
• French: lun. (fr) m
• German: Mo. (de), Mon., Mont.
• Hindi: सोम (hi) m (som), पीर (hi) m (pīr)
• Japanese: 月 (ja) (げつ, getsu), 月曜 (ja) (げつよう, getsuyō)
• Korean: 월 (ko) (wol)
• Polish: pn. (pl), pon. (pl)
• Portuguese: seg (pt) f
• Russian: пн. (ru) (pn.), пон. (pon.), пнд. (pnd.), понед. (poned.)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dil
• Spanish: lun.
• Welsh: Llun m

Etymology 2

From Burmese မွန် (mwan).

Noun

Mon (plural Mons or Mon)

1. A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.

Synonyms

• Talaing

Translations

the people

• Burmese: မွန်လူမျိုး (mwanlu-myui:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孟族 (zh) (mèngzú)

• Japanese: モン族 (モンぞく, monzoku)
• Jingpho: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: មន (km) (mɔɔn)
• Lao: ມອນ (lo) (mǭn), ຊາວມອນ (sāomǭn)
• Mon: မန် (mnw)
• Pa'o Karen: မဲင်ꩻ
• Polish: Mon (pl) m, Monijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: mons (pt) pl
• Russian: мо́ны (ru) m pl (móny)
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: มอญ (th) (mɔɔn), ชาวมอญ (chaao mɔɔn)
• Vietnamese: người Môn, dân tộc Môn

Proper noun

Mon

1. The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.

Translations

the language

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: မွန်ဘာသာစကား (mwanbhasaca.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孟語／孟语 (mèngyǔ)

• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: モン語 (モンご, mongo)
• Khmer: ភាសាមន (phiəsaa mɔɔn)
• Lao: ພາສາມອນ (phā sāmǭn)
• Mon: ဘာသာမန်
• Polish: moński (pl) m
• Portuguese: língua mom m
• Russian: мо́нский (ru) m (mónskij)
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ภาษามอญ (paa-sǎa mɔɔn)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Môn (vi)

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mon terms
• Ethnologue entry for Mon, mnw ⁠

Anagrams

• -nom, MNO, NMO, NOM, ONM, no'm, nom, nom-, nom.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmon/
• Homophone: Mont

Proper noun

Mon f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Montserrat

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Mǫn.

Proper noun

Mon f

1. Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Mon
Accusative	Mon
Dative	Mon
Genitive	Manar

Related terms

• manskur

Plautdietsch

Noun

Mon f (plural Monen)

1. moon

Derived terms

• Monenschien
• Monvedunklen
• Haulfmon
• Vollmon

See also

• Dach (day)
• Wäakj (week)
• Moonat (month)
• Joa (year)
• Sonn (sun)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann. Cognates include West Frisian man and German Mann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔn/
• Hyphenation: Mon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

Mon m (plural Monljude)

1. man
2. husband
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:

     Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.

     Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).

3. human being

Derived terms

• Moanske

 

Related terms

• man (“one, they”)

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “Mon”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Walloon

Alternative forms

• Monon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/

Proper noun

Mon

1. a male given name