mono-

• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

From Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.əw/, /ˈmɔn.ə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, (before vowels) /ˈmɑ.now/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.əʉ/, /ˈmɔn.ɐʉ/, /ˈmɒn.əʉ/, /ˈmɒn.ɐʉ/

Greek number prefix

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mono-

1. one, single, only

• uni- (from Latin)

• poly- (from Ancient Greek)
• multi- (from Latin)

• Thesaurus:number

• “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.

• Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [mo.no]

mono-

1. mono-

• “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, 2025
• “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.

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmono-]

mono-

1. mono-

   Synonyms: enkelt-, ene-

   Antonym: poly-

• “mono-” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

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mono-

1. mono-

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmono-/, [ˈmo̞no̞-]

mono-

1. (in loanwords) mono-

• mono- and uni- are used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.

• moon

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

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mono-

1. mono-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

mono-

1. mono-

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• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).

• IPA^(key): /mo(ː)no/
• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

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mono-

1. mono-

• “mono-” in Duden online
• “mono-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

mono-

1. mono-

• -nomo, nomo, nomò

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

• IPA^(key): /moːnʊ/

mono-

1. mono-

• “mono-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mono-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

mono-

1. mono-

• “mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Derived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

mono-

1. mono-

   ‎mono- + ‎-gram → ‎monogram

• mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

mono-

1. mono-

   Synonym: uni-

• “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024