món

Inherited from Old Catalan mon, from Latin mundus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmon]

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• Homophones: mon, mont, Mon, Mont

món m (plural mons)

1. planet
2. world

   viatjar per tot el món ― to travel around the world

• rodamón

• mundial

• “món”, 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
• “món”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “món” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “món” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɔŋ˦˥]

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món • (𦁺, 󰼲)

1. dish (food item)
2. (colloquial) a thing, thingy

món

1. Indicates food dishes and valuable things, such as money, gifts, jewelry, etc.

Likely an extension of etymology 1, with possible semantic influence from môn (“subject”).

món

1. (rare) Indicates subjects and fields of study, such as math, martial arts, etc.