mono

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
  2. A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
  3. Clipping of monomorphism.
  4. Clipping of mononucleosis.
  5. Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.
adj
  1. Clipping of monochrome.
  2. Clipping of monosexual.
adj
  1. Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
adj
  1. Monoamorous, monogamous.
noun
  1. A monogamous person.
noun
  1. A member of a Native American people who traditionally live in the central and eastern Sierra Nevada, the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin in California.
  2. A Mono wind.
name
  1. The Numic language of the Mono people of California.
  2. A county in California, United States, see Mono County.
  3. An alkaline desert lake (Mono Lake) in this county, having a unique ecosystem.
noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group from the Congo.
name
  1. The language of the Mono people of the Congo.
  2. A town in Ontario.
  3. An island of the Solomon Islands.
  4. A river in Togo.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɒn.əʊ/ /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ /ˈmoːnoː/ en-au-mono.ogg /ˈmoʊnoʊ/

Word forms

mono monos more mono most mono

Etymology

Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”).

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