mon

See also: Mon, món, mòn, môn, mōn, mön, and mon-

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 文 (mon). Cognate to wen, mun and van.

Noun

mon

1. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
2. The badge or emblem a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.

Etymology 2

From a dialectal variant of man; compare Western Middle English mon (alongside Eastern man).

Noun

mon

1. (slang, used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England.

See also

• (term of address for a man) mate (British, Australia), dude

Etymology 3

Clipping of monster, via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese モン (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon etc.

Noun

mon (plural mons)

1. (fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.
   • 2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, in alt.fan.digimon‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...

   • 2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon‎^[2] (Usenet):

     When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength.

   • 2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon‎^[3] (Usenet):

     And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.

2. (fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.
   • 2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair‎^[4] (Usenet):

     Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too...

   • 2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate‎^[5] (Usenet):

     And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned of it :-)

   • 2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime an U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎^[6] (Usenet):

     At any rate Digimon was the best mon/collector series we've seen yet, to the point its popularity was prolly bigger here than its marketing.

Anagrams

• -nom, MNO, NOM, ONM, no'm, nom, nom-, nom.

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Bavarian

Alternative forms

• mònn, moon

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

mon

1. (Sauris) man
2. (Sauris) husband

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *mum, reduced form of Latin meus, meum, from Proto-Italic *meos. Compare Occitan and French mon.

In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin meum, meam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became mon, ma etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became meu, mia > meua etc.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mun/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mon/ (always unstressed)

Determiner

mon m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mes)

1. my

Usage notes

The use of mon and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.

The standard masculine plural form is mos, but mons can be found in some dialects.

Descendants

• Sicilian: mo (South Easy of Sicily, nearby Ragusa)

See also

• meu

Further reading

• “mon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Danish

Adverb

mon

1. I wonder

   Mon luftmodstanden kan være betydningsfuld?

   Might air resistance be significant, I wonder?

   Nå, mon ikke de snart er færdige.

   Er det mon bare et spørgsmål om at opskrive alle tilfælde, og så udstrege alle de umulige?

   I wonder if if it is just a matter of enumerating all cases, and then excluding the impossible ones?

Synonyms

• monstro

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French

Etymology

From Middle French mon, from Old French mun, mon, meon, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, accusative masculine and neuter singular of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/

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Determiner

mon m (singular)

1. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender).

   J'ai perdu mon chapeau.

   I lost my hat.

   La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.

   The decision was taken in my absence.

2. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)

Derived terms

• mondit

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon1	ma	mes
		Second person	ton1	ta	tes
		Third person	son1	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre2		vos2
		Third person	leur		leurs

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

Further reading

• “mon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• nom

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mão. Cognates with Kabuverdianu mon.

Noun

mon

1. hand

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Japanese

Romanization

mon

1. Rōmaji transcription of もん

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mão.

Noun

mon

1. hand

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Kalasha

Noun

mon

1. a language

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Alternative forms

• man, manne, monne, mæn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔn/, /man/

Noun

mon (plural men)

1. man (male human)
2. human, person

Related terms

• frendman
• foman
• lege man
• manful
• manrede

Descendants

• Scots: man
• English: man
• Yola: man

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mon

1. Alternative form of man

References

• “man (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

Etymology 3

Noun

mon

1. Alternative form of mone (“moon”)

References

• “mon(e (n.1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmon/

Pronoun

mon

1. nominative of mun

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mon, from Vulgar Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum.

Determiner

mon m sg (feminine singular ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mas)

1. my

   Synonyms: meu, mieu

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Old French

Alternative forms

• moun (Anglo-Norman)
• mun (Anglo-Norman)
• meon (very early Old French; Oaths of Strasbourg)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mon/
• Rhymes: -on

Determiner

mon m (feminine ma, plural mes)

1. my (first-person singular possessive)

Descendants

• French: mon

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Old Occitan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.

Alternative forms

• mo

Adjective

mon m (feminine ma)

1. my (belonging to me)

Descendants

• Catalan: mon
• Occitan: mon

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mon m (oblique plural mons, nominative singular mons, nominative plural mon)

1. world
   • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Anc no gardei sazo ni mes:

     Tota gens ditz que Vianes
     Es la melher terra del mon

     Everyone says that Vianes
     is the best land in the world

Descendants

• Catalan: món
• Occitan: mond

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Scots

Noun

mon

1. man

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Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mon

1. I

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Swedish

Noun

mon

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of mo

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Tok Pisin

Noun

mon

1. tree that bears fruit or nuts

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Volapük

Noun

mon (uncountable mons)

1. money

Declension

declension of mon

	singular
nominative	mon
genitive	mona
dative	mone
accusative	moni
vocative 1	o mon!
predicative 2	monu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only