moño

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mono"

Spanish

Etymology

Apparently from the Paleo-Hispanic word *mūnn- (“bump, lump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɲo/ [ˈmo.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -oɲo
• Syllabification: mo‧ño

Noun

moño m (plural moños)

1. bun, chignon (hairstyle)
2. headpad (a turban of wound cloth used for carrying loads on the head)
3. (Mexico, South America, US) bow (of ribbon)

   Synonym: lazo

4. (Rioplatense, El Salvador, Paraguay, Puerto Rico) bow tie, bowtie

   Synonyms: corbata de moño; see also Thesaurus:corbatín

Derived terms

• hacerse el moño
• moñete

Descendants

• → Catalan: monyo

Further reading

• “moño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025