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mono

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

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”).

Noun

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mono (uncountable)

  1. (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
    Synonym: wheelie
  2. (eating disorders) A diet where someome eats only one type of food.
    plum mono ― plums-only diet (typically for a day)
  3. (category theory) Clipping of monomorphism.
  4. (pathology, informal) Clipping of mononucleosis.
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Adjective

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mono (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Clipping of 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.
  2. (informal) Clipping of monosexual.
    Coordinate terms: bi, pan
    • 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 [...]

Etymology 2

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Clipping of monophonic.

Adjective

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mono (not comparable)

  2. (informal) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
    Coordinate term: stereo
    Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.
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Etymology 3

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Clipping of monoamorous.

Adjective

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mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)

  1. (informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.
    Coordinate term: poly

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mono (plural monos)

  1. (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.

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Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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mono m (plural monos)

  1. monkey

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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

  1. 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.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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. Additionally, the founder of the firm was Jussi Mononen.

Noun

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mono

  1. (genericized trademark) ski boot
  2. (slang, by extension) shoe
Declension
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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
gen. monon
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
abessive monotta monoitta
instructive — monoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mononi mononi
accusative nom. mononi mononi
gen. mononi
genitive mononi monojeni
partitive monoani monojani
inessive monossani monoissani
elative monostani monoistani
illative monooni monoihini
adessive monollani monoillani
ablative monoltani monoiltani
allative monolleni monoilleni
essive mononani monoinani
translative monokseni monoikseni
abessive monottani monoittani
instructive — —
comitative — monoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative monosi monosi
accusative nom. monosi monosi
gen. monosi
genitive monosi monojesi
partitive monoasi monojasi
inessive monossasi monoissasi
elative monostasi monoistasi
illative monoosi monoihisi
adessive monollasi monoillasi
ablative monoltasi monoiltasi
allative monollesi monoillesi
essive mononasi monoinasi
translative monoksesi monoiksesi
abessive monottasi monoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — monoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative monomme monomme
accusative nom. monomme monomme
gen. monomme
genitive monomme monojemme
partitive monoamme monojamme
inessive monossamme monoissamme
elative monostamme monoistamme
illative monoomme monoihimme
adessive monollamme monoillamme
ablative monoltamme monoiltamme
allative monollemme monoillemme
essive mononamme monoinamme
translative monoksemme monoiksemme
abessive monottamme monoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — monoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mononne mononne
accusative nom. mononne mononne
gen. mononne
genitive mononne monojenne
partitive monoanne monojanne
inessive monossanne monoissanne
elative monostanne monoistanne
illative monoonne monoihinne
adessive monollanne monoillanne
ablative monoltanne monoiltanne
allative monollenne monoillenne
essive mononanne monoinanne
translative monoksenne monoiksenne
abessive monottanne monoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — monoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mononsa mononsa
accusative nom. mononsa mononsa
gen. mononsa
genitive mononsa monojensa
partitive monoaan
monoansa 		monojaan
monojansa
inessive monossaan
monossansa 		monoissaan
monoissansa
elative monostaan
monostansa 		monoistaan
monoistansa
illative monoonsa monoihinsa
adessive monollaan
monollansa 		monoillaan
monoillansa
ablative monoltaan
monoltansa 		monoiltaan
monoiltansa
allative monolleen
monollensa 		monoilleen
monoillensa
essive mononaan
mononansa 		monoinaan
monoinansa
translative monokseen
monoksensa 		monoikseen
monoiksensa
abessive monottaan
monottansa 		monoittaan
monoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — monoineen
monoinensa
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Clipping of monofoninen (“monophonic”).

Adjective

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mono

  1. mono (having only a single audio channel)
    Synonym: monofoninen
Declension
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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
gen. monon
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
abessive monotta monoitta
instructive — monoin
comitative — monoine
Possessive forms of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mononi mononi
accusative nom. mononi mononi
gen. mononi
genitive mononi monojeni
partitive monoani monojani
inessive monossani monoissani
elative monostani monoistani
illative monooni monoihini
adessive monollani monoillani
ablative monoltani monoiltani
allative monolleni monoilleni
essive mononani monoinani
translative monokseni monoikseni
abessive monottani monoittani
instructive — —
comitative — monoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative monosi monosi
accusative nom. monosi monosi
gen. monosi
genitive monosi monojesi
partitive monoasi monojasi
inessive monossasi monoissasi
elative monostasi monoistasi
illative monoosi monoihisi
adessive monollasi monoillasi
ablative monoltasi monoiltasi
allative monollesi monoillesi
essive mononasi monoinasi
translative monoksesi monoiksesi
abessive monottasi monoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — monoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative monomme monomme
accusative nom. monomme monomme
gen. monomme
genitive monomme monojemme
partitive monoamme monojamme
inessive monossamme monoissamme
elative monostamme monoistamme
illative monoomme monoihimme
adessive monollamme monoillamme
ablative monoltamme monoiltamme
allative monollemme monoillemme
essive mononamme monoinamme
translative monoksemme monoiksemme
abessive monottamme monoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — monoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mononne mononne
accusative nom. mononne mononne
gen. mononne
genitive mononne monojenne
partitive monoanne monojanne
inessive monossanne monoissanne
elative monostanne monoistanne
illative monoonne monoihinne
adessive monollanne monoillanne
ablative monoltanne monoiltanne
allative monollenne monoillenne
essive mononanne monoinanne
translative monoksenne monoiksenne
abessive monottanne monoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — monoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mononsa mononsa
accusative nom. mononsa mononsa
gen. mononsa
genitive mononsa monojensa
partitive monoaan
monoansa 		monojaan
monojansa
inessive monossaan
monossansa 		monoissaan
monoissansa
elative monostaan
monostansa 		monoistaan
monoistansa
illative monoonsa monoihinsa
adessive monollaan
monollansa 		monoillaan
monoillansa
ablative monoltaan
monoltansa 		monoiltaan
monoiltansa
allative monolleen
monollensa 		monoilleen
monoillensa
essive mononaan
mononansa 		monoinaan
monoinansa
translative monokseen
monoksensa 		monoikseen
monoiksensa
abessive monottaan
monottansa 		monoittaan
monoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — monoineen
monoinensa
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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of monophonique.

Adjective

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mono (plural monos)

  1. monophonic, monaural

Etymology 2

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Clipping of moniteur + -o.

Noun

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mono m (plural monos)

  1. (informal) supervisor, leader (in a camp)

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Adjective

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

  1. hornless
    Synonyms: mouco, fanado

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish mono.

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mono m (plural monos)

  1. monkey

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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mono (invariable)

  1. single (of one part)

Etymology 2

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mono (invariable)

  1. (relational) mono

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mono

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もの
  2. Rōmaji transcription of モノ

Latvian

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mono

  1. Clipping of monofonisks.

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mono f (invariable)

  1. Clipping of monofonija.

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Etymology

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

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mono m (plural monos)

  1. monkey, ape
  2. (figuratively) lazy or ugly person
  3. (figuratively) deadstock
  4. (figuratively) bulky waste

Spanish

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Etymology

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

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

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

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

  1. monkey
    Synonyms: chango, maimón, mico, simio, (Louisiana) macaco
  2. 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
  3. jumpsuit, overalls (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists)
  4. jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing)
  5. (Chile, Peru) tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear)
    Synonyms: buzo, chándal
  6. (Costa Rica, slang) vagina, vulva
  7. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
    Synonym: muñeco
  8. (colloquial) withdrawal symptom
    Synonym: síndrome de abstinencia
    estar con el mono ― to have withdrawal symptoms

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