monotonous

English

Etymology

monotone +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

• enPR: mə-nŏt'n-əs, IPA: /məˈnɑtn̩əs/, SAMPA: /m@n"Atn%@s/

Adjective

monotonous (comparative more monotonous, superlative most monotonous)

1. having an unvarying tone or pitch
2. tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

Related terms

• monotone
• monotony

Synonyms

• monotonic

Translations

having an unvarying tone or pitch

Czech: monotónní (cs) Danish: enstonig (da), monoton (da) Dutch: monotoon, eentonig Finnish: yksitoikkoinen (fi), monotoninen (fi) German: monoton (de) Greek: μονότονος (el)

Hungarian: egyhangú (hu), monoton (hu) Irish: (of speech) aontonach (ga) Italian: monocorde (it) Russian: монотонный (ru) (monotónnyj), однозвучный (ru) (odnozvúčnyj), однотонный (ru) (odnotónnyj) Swedish: entonig (sv)

tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

Czech: monotónní (cs) Danish: ensformig (da), monoton (da) Dutch: monotoon, eentonig, saai Finnish: yksitoikkoinen (fi), monotoninen (fi) Greek: μονότονος (el), ανιαρός (el)

Hungarian: egyhangú (hu), monoton (hu) Italian: monotono (it) Russian: монотонный (ru) (monotónnyj), однообразный (ru) (odnoobráznyj), скучный (ru) (skúšnyj)

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Arabic: ممل (mumíl) Mandarin: 单调 (dāndiào) French: monotone, ennuyeux German: abwechslungslos, monoton Greek: μονότονος (monótonos)

Japanese: 単調な (たんちょうな, tanchō na) Latin: monotonus Korean: 단조로운 (danjoroun) Portuguese: monótono Spanish: monótono Swedish: monoton