"monoceros" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈnɒsəɹəs/ Forms: monoceroses [plural]
Etymology: From Old French monoceros, from Latin monocerōs. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|monoceros}} Old French monoceros, {{der|en|la|monocerōs}} Latin monocerōs Head templates: {{en-noun}} monoceros (plural monoceroses)
  1. (obsolete) A unicorn Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-monoceros-en-noun-XnZ92RpO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 30 10 30
  2. (obsolete) A narwhal Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-monoceros-en-noun-CwathN1~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 30 10 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monocerous

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /moˈno.ke.roːs/ [Classical-Latin], [mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)). Etymology templates: {{com|grc|μόνος|κέρας|nocat=1|t1=one|t2=horn}} μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”), {{der|la|grc|μονόκερως|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μόνος</i> (mónos, “one”) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κέρας</i> (kéras, “horn”)|t=having one horn}} Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”)) Head templates: {{la-noun|monocerōs<3>|g=m}} monocerōs m (genitive monocerōtis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|monocerōs<3>}} Forms: monocerōs [canonical, masculine], monocerōtis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], monocerōs [nominative, singular], monocerōtēs [nominative, plural], monocerōtis [genitive, singular], monocerōtum [genitive, plural], monocerōtī [dative, singular], monocerōtibus [dative, plural], monocerōtem [accusative, singular], monocerōtēs [accusative, plural], monocerōte [ablative, singular], monocerōtibus [ablative, plural], monocerōs [singular, vocative], monocerōtēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (fantasy, mythology) A unicorn Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Fantasy, Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-monoceros-la-noun-XnZ92RpO Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 57 43 Topics: fantasy, human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned. Tags: New-Latin, declension-3 Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-monoceros-la-noun-VjYfzWx2 Disambiguation of Heraldic charges: 23 77 Categories (other): New Latin, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 30 30 10 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 8 42 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ūnicornis

Inflected forms

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        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "specific epithet",
          "specific epithet#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) Used attributively as a specific epithet; one-horned."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈno.ke.roːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɔˈnɔkɛroːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/moˈno.t͡ʃe.ros/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[moˈnɔːt͡ʃeros]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ūnicornis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monoceros"
}

Download raw JSONL data for monoceros meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (unicorn): ūnicornis desc=unicorn rest=ūnicornis cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "monoceros"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "monoceros",
  "trace": ""
}

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