mono-

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See also: mono, Mono, moño, and -mono

English

Alternative forms

mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.əw/, /ˈmɔn.ə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmɑː.nə/, (before vowels) /ˈmɑ.now/

Prefix

Greek number prefix
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mono-

one, single, only

Synonyms

uni- (from Latin)

Antonyms

poly- (from Ancient Greek)
multi- (from Latin)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with mono-

Translations

one

Armenian: մի (hy) (mi), մեն (hy) (men)
Bulgarian: едно- (edno-), моно- (mono-)
Catalan: mono- (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 一 (zh) (yī), 單／单 (zh) (dān)
Dutch: mono- (nl)
Finnish: yksi- (fi), mono- (fi)
French: mono- (fr), uni- (fr)
Galician: mono- (gl)
Georgian: მონო- (mono-), ერთ- (ert-)
German: mono- (de), ein- (de)
Greek: μονο- (el) (mono-)
Hebrew: חד־ (khad), מונו- (he) (mono-)
Indonesian: mono-, eka-
Irish: aon-
Japanese: 一 (ja) (い, i, いち, ichi, ひと, hito), 単 (ja) (たん, tan), モノ (ja) (mono)
Malay: eka- (ms), mono- (ms)
Manx: un-
Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵢⵏ- m (ayn-), ⵜⴰⵢⵏ- f (tayn-), ⵉⵢⵏ- m pl (iyn-), ⵜⵉⵢⵏ- f pl (tiyn-)
Old English: ān-
Polish: mono- (pl)
Portuguese: mono- (pt)
Russian: одно- (odno-), моно- (ru) (mono-)
Spanish: mono- (es)
Tibetan: གཅིག་མ (gcig ma)
Ukrainian: одно- (odno-), моно- (mono-)

See also

Thesaurus:number

Further reading

“mono-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mono-”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central)
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia)

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

“mono-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“mono-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“mono-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mono-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Dutch terms prefixed with mono-

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmono-/,

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Usage notes

mono- and uni- are used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.

Anagrams

moon

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with mono-

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with mono-

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German

Alternative forms

mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mo(ː)no/
Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Audio: (file)

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

“mono-” in Duden online
“mono-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with mono-

Anagrams

-nomo, nomo, nomò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moːnʊ/

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with mono-

References

“mono-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“mono-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

Prefix

mono-

mono-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with mono-

References

“mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
Syllabification:

Prefix

mono-

mono-
‎mono- + ‎-gram → ‎monogram

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmõ.no/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmo.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔ.nɔ/

Prefix

mono-

mono- (having only one of something)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with mono-

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

Prefix

mono-

mono-
Synonym: uni-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with mono-

Further reading

“mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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