mone

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See also: Mone, móne, mõne, and møne

English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (to admonish), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (to admonish), Dutch manen (to admonish), German mahnen (to remind, admonish, urge).

Verb

mone (third-person singular simple present mones, present participle moning, simple past and past participle moned)

  1. (transitive) To admonish; advise; explain.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (to admonish)) of *mine (mind), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (to remember). More at mind.

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. (obsolete) Mind; preference.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Second Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, , London: ">…] for Thomas Woodcocke, , →OCLC; republished as J P C, editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, : , 1870, →OCLC, page 6:
      A cumber-world, yet in the world am left, / A fruitles plot, with brambles ouergrowne, / Miſliued man of my vvorlds ioy bereft, / Hart-breaking cares the ofspring of my mone.

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings.

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. Obsolete spelling of moan.
  2. Obsolete spelling of moon.

Verb

mone (third-person singular simple present mones, present participle moning, simple past and past participle moned)

  1. Obsolete spelling of moan.

Anagrams

Bavarian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German māne, from Old High German māno. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Noun

mone

  1. (Sappada, Sauris) moon

References

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ɔne
  • Hyphenation: mò‧ne

Noun

mone

  1. plural of mona (monkey)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: mó‧ne

Noun

mone

  1. plural of mona (vagina)

Latin

Verb

monē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of moneō

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English mān, from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō.

Forms with a final vowel are generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression.
  2. A complaint or remonstration; an aggrieved moan or comment.
  3. A solemn plea or prayer.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: moan
  • Fingallian: mackillmone
  • Scots: mane
  • Yola: moan
References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English mōna. The sense of the word as silver is the result of its astrological association with the planet.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

mone (plural mones or monen)

  1. (astronomy) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens; the Moon.
  2. (rare) A white, precious metal; silver.
    • 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland:
      Tak j quarter oz of the sone and di. of the mone purgyd, And mak of both thes sotyl powder lymal.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
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Descendants
References

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Norse munu, from Proto-Germanic *munaną. Doublet of monen (to remember).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

mone (chiefly Northern, auxiliary)

  1. Expresses futurity: shall, will
  2. Expresses obligation: must, ought to
  3. Expresses ability: can, be able to
Conjugation
Conjugation of mone (preterite-present, defective)
infinitive
present tense past tense
1st-person singular mon monde
2nd-person singular mon mondest
3rd-person singular mon monde
subjunctive singular mone
imperative singular
plural1 monen, mone monden, monde
imperative plural
participles

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
References

Etymology 4

Verb

mone

  1. alternative form of monen (to remember)

Etymology 5

Verb

mone

  1. alternative form of monen (to lament)

Etymology 6

Noun

mone

  1. alternative form of moneye

Volapük

Noun

mone

  1. dative singular of mon