monorail

English

A type of monorail

Etymology

Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- +‎ rail.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəɹeɪl/, /ˈmɒnəʊˌɹeɪl/

Noun

monorail (plural monorails)

1. a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
2. a train running on a single rail

Translations

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單軌鐵路, 单轨铁路 (dānguǐ tiělù)

• Dutch: monorail (nl) m
• Finnish: yksiraiteinen, kohorata, monorail (fi)
• French: monorail (fr) m
• Galician: monorraíl m, monocarril m
• German: Einschienenbahn f
• Greek: μονοτροχιόδρομος (el) m (monotrochiódromos) (rare)
• Japanese: モノレール (monorēru)
• Korean: 모노레일 (ko) (monoreil)

• Macedonian: едноши́нка f (ednošínka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: énskinnebane m

• Polish: kolej jednoszynowa f
• Portuguese: monotrilho m (Portugal), monocarril m (Brazil)
• Russian: моноре́льс (ru) m (monorélʹs) (dated) одноре́льсовая желе́зная доро́га f (odnorélʹsovaja želéznaja doróga)
• Spanish: monorraíl m, monorriel m, monocarril m
• Vietnamese: đường một rầy

a train running on a single rail

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單軌火車, 单轨火车 (dānguǐ huǒchē)

• Finnish: yksiraiteinen, kohoratajuna, monorailjuna
• French: wagon monorail m
• Galician: monorraíl m, monocarril m

• Icelandic: einteinungur m, einteinslest f
• Macedonian: едноши́нец m (ednošínec)
• Portuguese: monotrilho m (Portugal), monocarril m (Brazil)
• Russian: моноре́льс (ru) m (monorélʹs)
• Spanish: monorraíl m, monorriel m, monocarril m

Anagrams

• Molinaro

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnoːˌreːl/

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Noun

monorail m (plural monorails, diminutive monorailtje n)

1. monorail

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French

Etymology

From mono- +‎ rail.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.no.ʁaj/

Adjective

monorail (plural monorails)

1. (relational) monorail

Noun

monorail m (plural monorails)

1. monorail

Further reading

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