monoton

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Danish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

monoton

  1. monotonous

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of monoton
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular monoton 2
Indefinite neuter singular monotont 2
Plural monotone 2
Definite attributive1 monotone
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Adjective[edit]

monoton (strong nominative masculine singular monotoner, comparative monotoner, superlative am monotonsten)

  1. (also mathematics) monotone
  2. monotonous (having an unvarying tone or pitch)

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Further reading[edit]

  • monoton” in Duden online
  • monoton” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German monoton, from French monotone.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmonoton]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧no‧ton
  • Rhymes: -on

Adjective[edit]

monoton (comparative monotonabb, superlative legmonotonabb)

  1. monotonous, monotonic (e.g. voice, work)
    Synonyms: egyhangú, változatlan, unalmas
  2. dull (e.g. life)
    Synonyms: sivár, eseménytelen
  3. (mathematics) monotonic

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative monoton monotonak
accusative monotont monotonakat
dative monotonnak monotonaknak
instrumental monotonnal monotonakkal
causal-final monotonért monotonakért
translative monotonná monotonakká
terminative monotonig monotonakig
essive-formal monotonként monotonakként
essive-modal
inessive monotonban monotonakban
superessive monotonon monotonakon
adessive monotonnál monotonaknál
illative monotonba monotonakba
sublative monotonra monotonakra
allative monotonhoz monotonakhoz
elative monotonból monotonakból
delative monotonról monotonakról
ablative monotontól monotonaktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
monotoné monotonaké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
monotonéi monotonakéi

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • monoton in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos), via French monotone.

Adjective[edit]

monoton (neuter singular monotont, definite singular and plural monotone)

  1. monotonous

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos), via French monotone.

Adjective[edit]

monoton (neuter singular monotont, definite singular and plural monotone)

  1. monotonous

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French monotone.

Adjective[edit]

monoton m or n (feminine singular monotonă, masculine plural monotoni, feminine and neuter plural monotone)

  1. monotone

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mônoton/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧no‧ton

Adjective[edit]

mȍnoton (definite mȍnotonī, comparative monotoniji, Cyrillic spelling мо̏нотон)

  1. monotonous

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Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

monoton (comparative monotonare, superlative monotonast)

  1. monotonous

Declension[edit]

Inflection of monoton
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular monoton monotonare monotonast
Neuter singular monotont monotonare monotonast
Plural monotona monotonare monotonast
Masculine plural3 monotone monotonare monotonast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 monotone monotonare monotonaste
All monotona monotonare monotonaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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