monoton

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See also: monòton

Danish

Adjective

monoton

  1. monotonous

Inflection

Inflection of monoton
positive comparative superlative
indefinite 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.

References

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From German monoton, from French monotone.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

(Expressions):

References

  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

  • 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

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. monotonous

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. monotonous

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monotone.

Adjective

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

  1. monotone

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite monoton monotonă monotoni monotone
definite monotonul monotona monotonii monotonele
genitive-
dative
indefinite monoton monotone monotoni monotone
definite monotonului monotonei monotonilor monotonelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. monotonous

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

monoton (comparative monotonare, superlative monotonast)

  1. monotonous

Declension

Inflection of monoton
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular monoton monotonare monotonast
neuter singular monotont monotonare monotonast
plural monotona monotonare monotonast
masculine plural2 monotone monotonare monotonast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 monotone monotonare monotonaste
all monotona monotonare monotonaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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