mono-
English
editAlternative forms
edit- mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)
Etymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
edit- (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/
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Synonyms
edit- uni- (from Latin)
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See also
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editCatalan
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editmono-
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editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
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Finnish
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editmono-
Usage notes
edit- mono- and uni- are used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
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editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
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German
editAlternative forms
edit- mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)
Etymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
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editFurther reading
editItalian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Prefix
editmono-
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editAnagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editmono-
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editReferences
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).
Prefix
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editReferences
edit- “mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editDerived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
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editFurther reading
edit- mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
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Prefix
editmono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Prefix
editmono-
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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