mono

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.1.1 Antonyms 2 Esperanto 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 Finnish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Usage notes 4 Galician 4.1 Noun 5 Japanese 5.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Adjective 6.1.1 Synonyms 6.2 Noun 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Synonyms 6.3.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Shortening of mononucleosis

[edit] Noun

mono (uncountable)

1. Short name for the disease mononucleosis

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• mononucleosis
• glandular fever
• the kissing disease

[edit] Etymology 2

Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”

[edit] Noun

mono (plural monos)

1. (slang) (UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

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• wheelie

[edit] Etymology 3

Shortening of monophonic

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mono (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) abbreviation for 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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• stereo

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mono (plural monoj, accusative singular monon, 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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• senmona: penniless

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

Shortened from the family name Mononen.

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mono

1. (colloquial) a skiing shoe.

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• (skiing shoe) hiihtokenkä

[edit] Usage notes

• This is still a trademark, owned by the Mono company.

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[edit] Galician

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mono m. (plural monos)

1. ape

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[edit] Japanese

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mono (hiragana もの)

1. 物:　thing
2. 者:　person

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[edit] Spanish

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

1. (colloquial) cute, pretty
2. (Colombia, colloquial) blond, blonde

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• bonito (1)
• rubio (2)

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mono m. (plural monos)

1. overalls (in non-US sense), coveralls

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

1. monkey
2. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet

[edit] Synonyms

• (monkey): chango (Mexico), maimón, mico, simio
• (doll): muñeco
• (overalls): mono de trabajo, overol

[edit] Derived terms

• monos animados