monótono

See also: monotono

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos).

Adjective

monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)

1. monotonous

Derived terms

• monotonamente

Related terms

• monotonía

Further reading

• “monótono”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.to.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.to.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.to.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈnɔ.tu.nu/

• Hyphenation: mo‧nó‧to‧no

Adjective

monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)

1. tedious; boring; monotonous; uninteresting

   Synonyms: entediante, enfadonho

2. (mathematics) monotonic
3. (of sound or speech) flat, monotone (without variations in pitch)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:monótono.

Synonyms

• monotónico

Derived terms

• monotonamente

Further reading

• “monótono” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos), or from mono- +‎ tono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnotono/ [moˈno.t̪o.no]
• Rhymes: -otono
• Syllabification: mo‧nó‧to‧no

Adjective

monótono (feminine monótona, masculine plural monótonos, feminine plural monótonas)

1. monotonous, humdrum

Derived terms

• monótonamente

 

Related terms

• monotonía

 

Further reading

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