Mon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mon"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Mon (plural Mons)

  1. Abbreviation of Monday.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Burmese မွန် (mwan).

Noun

Mon (plural Mons or Mon)

  1. A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.
Synonyms
Translations

Proper noun

Mon

  1. The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.
Translations

Further reading

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Mon

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
    • 2009, Paulo Quaglio, Television Dialogue: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation, page 19:
      Phoebe: Oh, hey, Mon, do you still have your like... old blouses and dresses from high school? Monica: Yeah, I think I have some around here somewhere. Why?

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mon f

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Montserrat

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Mǫn.

Proper noun

Mon f

  1. Isle of Man (an island and Crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea)

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Mon
accusative Mon
dative Mon
genitive Manar

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

  • Mone (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)
  • Mune (Western Kata-viri)

Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit महादेव (mahādevá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon/

Proper noun

Mon (Eastern Kata-viri)

  1. Mone

References

  • Jakob Halfmann (2023) Nuristani Theonyms in Light of Historical Phonology, in Roots of Peristan, Rome, Italy, page 328

Plautdietsch

Noun

Mon f (plural Monen)

  1. moon

Derived terms

  • Monenschien
  • Monvedunklen
  • Haulfmon
  • Vollmon

See also

Further reading

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann. Cognates include West Frisian man and German Mann.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔn/
  • Hyphenation: Mon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

Mon m (plural Monljude)

  1. man
  2. husband
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
      Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
      Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).
  3. human being

Derived terms

  • man (one, they)

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Mon”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Walloon

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃/

Proper noun

Mon

  1. a male given name