"monotony" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈnɑtəni/ [General-American], /məˈnɑtni/ [General-American], /məˈnɒtəni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-monotony.ogg [US] Forms: monotonies [plural]
Etymology: From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|monotonie}} French monotonie, {{uder|en|LL.|monotonia}} Late Latin monotonia, {{uder|en|grc|μονοτονία||sameness of tone, monotony}} Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} monotony (plural monotonies)
  1. Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety. Synonyms (tedium): boredom Translations (tedium): монотонност (monotonnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), еднообразие (ednoobrazie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), monotonia [feminine] (Catalan), 單調 (Chinese Mandarin), 单调 (dāndiào) (Chinese Mandarin), monotoni (Danish), yksitoikkoisuus (Finnish), monotonie [feminine] (French), monotonía [feminine] (Galician), Eintönigkeit [feminine] (German), Monotonie [feminine] (German), assigiiaamik periaaseqarneq (Greenlandic), leadrán [masculine] (Irish), liostacht [feminine] (Irish), takeo (Maori), Lankwiel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Äwadreessichkjeit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), monotonia [feminine] (Portuguese), monotonie (Romanian), monotonía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monotony-en-noun-pKsXl5IN Disambiguation of 'tedium': 71 22 6 Disambiguation of 'tedium': 71 22 6
  2. (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (property of mathematical function): 單調性 (Chinese Mandarin), 单调性 (dāndiàoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), monotonía [feminine] (Galician), Monotonie [feminine] (German), μονοτονία (monotonía) [feminine] (Greek), einhalli [masculine] (Icelandic), monotonia [feminine] (Portuguese), monotonie (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-monotony-en-noun-MDWGmI3E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 52 11 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 31 44 25 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'property of mathematical function': 0 93 7
  3. The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
    Sense id: en-monotony-en-noun-Gg97ZpFu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sameness, tedium Derived forms: monotone, monotonous

Inflected forms

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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monotonía",
      "sense": "property of mathematical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μονοτονία"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "property of mathematical function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "einhalli"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "property of mathematical function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "monotonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "property of mathematical function",
      "word": "monotonie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monotony"
}

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