mono
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mono (uncountable)
- (informal) Clipping of mononucleosis.
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”.
Noun edit
mono (plural monos)
- (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding
Synonyms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Clipping of monophonic.
Adjective edit
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.
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Etymology 4 edit
Clipping of monochrome.
Adjective edit
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 edit
Clipping of monomorphism.
Noun edit
mono (plural monos)
Related terms edit
Etymology 6 edit
Clipping of monoamorous.
Adjective edit
mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)
- (chiefly informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.
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Noun edit
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 edit
Clipping of monosexual.
Adjective edit
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 [...]
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Anagrams edit
Aragonese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
mono m (plural monos)
References edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mono”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- monaŭtomato (“automatic teller machine”)
- nutramono (“alimony”)
- senmona (“penniless”)
- ŝanĝmono (“change”)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
mono
- (genericized trademark) ski boot
- (slang, by extension) shoe
Declension edit
Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms edit
- (skiing shoe): hiihtokenkä
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “1. mono”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
< monofoninen (“monophonic”)
Adjective edit
mono
- mono (having only a single audio channel)
Declension edit
Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “2. mono”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Truncation of monophonique
Adjective edit
mono (plural monos)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mono m (plural monos)
- (informal) supervisor, leader (in a camp)
Further reading edit
- “mono”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mono m (plural monos)
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
mono (invariable)
- single (of one part)
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
mono (invariable)
Anagrams edit
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mono
Latvian edit
Adjective edit
mono
- Abbreviation of monofonisks
Noun edit
mono f (invariable)
- Abbreviation of monofonija
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, but probably borrowed from or related to Spanish mono.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mono m (plural monos)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mono (feminine mona, masculine plural monos, feminine plural monas, superlative monísimo)
- (Spain, colloquial) cute, pretty
- (Colombia, colloquial) blond, blonde
- Synonym: rubio
Noun edit
mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)
- monkey
- 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)
- (Costa Rica, slang) the vulva or vagina
- (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
- Synonym: muñeco
- (colloquial) withdrawal symptom
- Synonym: síndrome de abstinencia
- estar con el mono ― to have withdrawal symptoms
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “mono” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.