mono-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mono"
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
From Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈmɔn.əw/, /ˈmɔn.ə/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, (before vowels) /ˈmɑ.now/
- (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmɔn.əʉ/, /ˈmɔn.ɐʉ/, /ˈmɒn.əʉ/, /ˈmɒn.ɐʉ/
Prefix
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mono-
Synonyms
[edit]- uni- (from Latin)
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mono-, prefix”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 1008, column 3.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [mu.nu]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [mo.no]
- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “mono-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “mono-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mono-”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mono-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “mono-”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mono-”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Usage notes
[edit]- mono- and uni- are chiefly used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.
Derived terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)
Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (unstressed) /mono/, (stressed) /ˈmoːno/, /ˈmɔno/
- The choice between the two stressed forms is somewhat lexicalized. For example, the short vowel is predominant in Monoxid, but much less common in Monokultur.
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mono- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
- (chemistry) mono-
- mono- + chlorobenzol → monochlorobenzol
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mono-”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1036
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: mo‧no-
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “mono-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “mono-”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), the combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).
Prefix
[edit]mono-
- mono- (having only one of something)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:One
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan prefixes
- Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish prefixes
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch prefixes
- Finnish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Finnish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish prefixes
- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- French terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French prefixes
- fr:One
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician prefixes
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German lemmas
- German prefixes
- de:One
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian 2-syllable words
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- Italian lemmas
- Italian prefixes
- it:One
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål prefixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk prefixes
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish learned borrowings from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔnɔ
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔnɔ/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish prefixes
- pl:Chemistry
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish prefixes
- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish prefixes
- Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh prefixes