mono
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Clipping of mononucleosis.
Noun
mono (uncountable)
- (informal) The fatiguing viral infection mononucleosis.
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”.
Noun
mono (plural monos)
- (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Clipping of monophonic.
Adjective
mono (not comparable)
- (colloquial) 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.
Antonyms
Translations
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Etymology 4
Clipping of monochrome.
Adjective
mono (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Monochrome.
- 1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 4, page 125:
- The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode.
- 1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 4, page 125:
Etymology 5
Clipping of monomorphism.
Noun
mono (plural monos)
Related terms
Etymology 6
Clipping of monoamorous.
Adjective
mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)
- (chiefly informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.
Coordinate terms
Noun
mono (plural monos)
- (informal) A monogamous person.
- 2010, Leonie Linssen, Love Unlimited: The Joys and Challenges of Open Relationships:
- For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned.
Etymology 7
Clipping of monosexual.
Adjective
mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)
- (chiefly informal) Monosexual.
- 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution (→ISBN):
- People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway.
- 2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century (→ISBN), page 37:
- That is, establishing as it does a replacement binary (mono versus bi, rather than hetero versus homo) it functions to erase lesbian and gay specificity. In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories. The difficulty of establishing bisexual legitimacy in a discursive context of oppositional categories was acknowledged by a number of participants. For some, invoking the mono/bi dichotomy affords bisexuality [...]
- 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution (→ISBN):
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mono m (plural monos)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mono”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from French monnaie and English money.
Pronunciation
Noun
mono (accusative singular monon, plural monoj, accusative plural monojn)
- 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.
Derived terms
- monaŭtomato (“automatic teller machine”)
- nutramono (“alimony”)
- senmona (“penniless”)
- ŝanĝmono (“change”)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From a trademark "Mono", registered in 1932 by Lahden Saapas- ja Lapikasteollisuus O.Y, since 1943 Mono Oy. The name was chosen as result of a contest. The winner justified the name by explaining that it came from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “unique”), which described the positioning of the skiing shoes of the firm on the market. It didn't probably hurt that the founder of the firm was Jussi Mononen.
Noun
mono
Declension
Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mono | monot | |
genitive | monon | monojen | |
partitive | monoa | monoja | |
illative | monoon | monoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mono | monot | |
accusative | nom. | mono | monot |
gen. | monon | ||
genitive | monon | monojen | |
partitive | monoa | monoja | |
inessive | monossa | monoissa | |
elative | monosta | monoista | |
illative | monoon | monoihin | |
adessive | monolla | monoilla | |
ablative | monolta | monoilta | |
allative | monolle | monoille | |
essive | monona | monoina | |
translative | monoksi | monoiksi | |
abessive | monotta | monoitta | |
instructive | — | monoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (skiing shoe): hiihtokenkä
Derived terms
- antaa monoa (to fire, dismiss; see antaa potkut)
- monottaa
Etymology 2
< monofoninen (“monophonic”)
Adjective
mono
- mono (having only a single audio channel)
Declension
Inflection of mono (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mono | monot | |
genitive | monon | monojen | |
partitive | monoa | monoja | |
illative | monoon | monoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mono | monot | |
accusative | nom. | mono | monot |
gen. | monon | ||
genitive | monon | monojen | |
partitive | monoa | monoja | |
inessive | monossa | monoissa | |
elative | monosta | monoista | |
illative | monoon | monoihin | |
adessive | monolla | monoilla | |
ablative | monolta | monoilta | |
allative | monolle | monoille | |
essive | monona | monoina | |
translative | monoksi | monoiksi | |
abessive | monotta | monoitta | |
instructive | — | monoin | |
comitative | — | monoine |
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Truncation of monophonique
Adjective
mono (plural monos)
Etymology 2
Noun
mono m (plural monos)
- (informal) supervisor, leader (in a camp)
Further reading
- “mono”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Noun
mono m (plural monos)
Italian
Adjective
mono
- single (of one part)
Japanese
Romanization
mono
Latvian
Adjective
mono
- Abbreviation of monofonisks
Noun
mono f (invariable)
- Abbreviation of monofonija
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain, but probably borrowed from or related to Spanish mono.
Noun
mono m (plural monos)
Spanish
Etymology
Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mono (feminine mona, masculine plural monos, feminine plural monas) (superlative monísimo)
- (Spain, colloquial) cute, pretty
- (Colombia, colloquial) blond, blonde
- Synonym: rubio
Noun
mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)
- monkey
- boiler suit, coveralls, overall, onesie (a one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour)
- Synonyms: mono de trabajo, braga, buzo, overol
- jumpsuit (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists)
- jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing)
- (Chile, Peru) tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear)
- (Costa Rica, slang) the vulva or vagina
- (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
- Synonym: muñeco
- (colloquial) withdrawal symptom
- estar con el mono ― to have withdrawal symptoms
- Synonym: síndrome de abstinencia
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- en:Cycling
- en:Viral diseases
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/ono
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- Esperanto BRO3
- Esperanto GCSE16
- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
- Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto
- eo:Money
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- fi:Skiing
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