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mono en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːnoː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈmɒn.əʊ/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable) Clipping of monochrome.
    alt of monochrome
    • The excellent on-screen display of italics, superscripts and subscripts, and other niceties available on the color screen now display on mono monitors, but with the inherently superior text font of the mono mode. 1985, PC Mag, volume 4, number 4, page 125:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable) Clipping of monosexual.
    alt of monosexual
    • People who do wish to be recognizable as trans or bi are often coercively passed off as cis or mono anyway. 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, →ISBN:
    • That is, establishing as it does a replacement binary (mono versus bi, rather than hetero versus homo) it functions to erase lesbian and gay specificity. In turn, this fails to consider, and even elides, important structural inequities between the hetero- and homosexual categories. The difficulty of establishing bisexual legitimacy in a discursive context of oppositional categories was acknowledged by a number of participants. For some, invoking the mono/bi dichotomy affords bisexuality [...] 2013, Dawn Atkins, Bisexual Women in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 37:

Coordinates

bi · pan

mono en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːnoː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈmɒn.əʊ/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding.
  2. (countable, qualifier:eating disorders, uncountable) A diet where someone eats only one type of food.
    • plum mono
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of monomorphism.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable) Clipping of mononucleosis.
  5. (countable, informal) Any fish of the family Monodactylidae.

Forms

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monos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

monic

Synonyms

wheelie

mono en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːnoː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈmɒn.əʊ/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipping of monophonic.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel.
    • Because many in the audience were very close to one of the speakers, the DJ decided to play the music in mono.

Coordinates

stereo

Translations (10)

ru монофони́ческий (having only a single audio channel) · fi mono (having only a single audio channel) · es mono (having only a single audio channel) · sv mono (having only a single audio channel) · ja モノ (having only a single audio channel) · ru мо́но (having only a single audio channel) · pt mono (having only a single audio channel) · fr mono (having only a single audio channel) · fi monofoninen (having only a single audio channel) · cmn 單聲道 /单声道 (having only a single audio channel)

mono en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːnoː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈmɒn.əʊ/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipping of monoamorous.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Monoamorous, monogamous.

Forms

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most mono Degree=Sup lexicographic
more mono Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

poly

mono en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈmoːnoː/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈmɒn.əʊ/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Clipping of monoamorous.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A monogamous person.
    • For some monos, there are no acceptable mono—poly solutions as far as they are concerned. 2010, Leonie Linssen, Love Unlimited: The Joys and Challenges of Open Relationships:

Forms

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monos Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

mono wind · mono no aware