mono

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnoʊ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ
• Hyphenation: mon‧o

Etymology 1

Noun

mono (uncountable)

1. (informal) Clipping of mononucleosis.

Etymology 2

Probably from the prefix mono- meaning “one, single”.

Noun

mono (plural monos)

1. (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding

Synonyms

• wheelie

Etymology 3

Clipping of monophonic.

Adjective

mono (not comparable)

1. (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

• stereo

Translations

Etymology 4

Clipping of monochrome.

Adjective

mono (not comparable)

1. (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.

Etymology 5

Clipping of monomorphism.

Noun

mono (plural monos)

1. (category theory) Abbreviation of monomorphism.

Related terms

• monic

Etymology 6

Clipping of monoamorous.

Adjective

mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)

1. (chiefly informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.

Coordinate terms

• poly

Noun

mono (plural monos)

1. (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)

1. (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 [...]

Coordinate terms

• bi, pan

See also

• mono no aware

Anagrams

• Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

1. monkey

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mono”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

mono

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

Borrowed from French monnaie and English money, both from Latin monēta (“money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: mo‧no

Noun

mono (accusative singular monon, plural monoj, accusative plural monojn)

1. 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

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Mono (jalkine)

Wikipedia ^fi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmono/,
• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧no

Etymology 1

From a trademark "Mono", registered in 1932 by Lahden Saapas- ja Lapikasteollisuus O.Y, since 1943 Mono Oy. The name, suggested by Arkki Laine, 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. Additionally, the founder of the firm was Jussi Mononen.

Noun

mono

1. (genericized trademark) ski boot
2. (slang, by extension) shoe

Declension

Synonyms

• (skiing shoe): hiihtokenkä

Derived terms

Further reading

• “1. mono”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

< monofoninen (“monophonic”)

Adjective

mono

1. mono (having only a single audio channel)

Declension

Synonyms

• monofoninen

Derived terms

Further reading

• “2. mono”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• moon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.no/

Etymology 1

Truncation of monophonique

Adjective

mono (plural monos)

1. monophonic, monaural

Etymology 2

Clipping of moniteur + -o.

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

1. (informal) supervisor, leader (in a camp)

Further reading

• “mono”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonʊ/

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

1. ape

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

mono (invariable)

1. single (of one part)

Etymology 2

Adjective

mono (invariable)

1. (relational) Mono

Anagrams

• -nomo, nomo, nomò

Japanese

Romanization

mono

1. Rōmaji transcription of もの
2. Rōmaji transcription of モノ

Latvian

Adjective

mono

1. Abbreviation of monofonisks

Noun

mono f (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of monofonija

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably borrowed from or related to Spanish mono.

Pronunciation

Noun

mono m (plural monos)

1. monkey; ape
2. (figuratively) lazy or ugly person
3. (figuratively) deadstock
4. (figuratively) bulky waste

Spanish

Etymology

Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmono/
• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: mo‧no

Adjective

mono (feminine mona, masculine plural monos, feminine plural monas, superlative monísimo)

1. (Spain, colloquial) cute, pretty

   Synonyms: bonito, cuqui

2. (Colombia, colloquial) blond, blonde

   Synonym: rubio

Noun

mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)

1. monkey

   Synonyms: chango, maimón, mico, simio, (Louisiana) macaco

2. boiler suit, coveralls, overall, onesie (a one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour)

   Synonyms: mono de trabajo, mameluco, braga, buzo, overol

3. jumpsuit, overalls (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists)
4. jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing)
5. (Chile, Peru) tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear)

   Synonyms: buzo, chándal

6. (Costa Rica, slang) the vulva or vagina
7. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet

   Synonym: muñeco

8. (colloquial) withdrawal symptom

   Synonym: síndrome de abstinencia

   estar con el mono ― to have withdrawal symptoms

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “mono” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.