"mono" meaning in English

See mono in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəʊ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ [US], /ˈmoːnoː/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-au-mono.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ Etymology: Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”). Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mono (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Clipping of monochrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: monochrome
    Sense id: en-mono-en-adj-dBJOvmZ5
  2. (informal) Clipping of monosexual. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: monosexual
    Sense id: en-mono-en-adj-8Il2s0vC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəʊ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ [US], /ˈmoːnoː/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-au-mono.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ Etymology: Clipping of monophonic. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|monophonic}} Clipping of monophonic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mono (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Monaural or monophonic; having only a single audio channel. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (having only a single audio channel): 單聲道 /单声道 (dānshēngdào) (Chinese Mandarin), mono (Finnish), monofoninen (Finnish), mono [feminine, masculine] (French), モノ (mono) (Japanese), mono (Portuguese), мо́но (móno) (Russian), монофони́ческий (monofoníčeskij) (Russian), mono (Spanish), mono (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəʊ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ [US], /ˈmoːnoː/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-au-mono.ogg Forms: more mono [comparative], most mono [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ Etymology: Clipping of monoamorous. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|monoamorous}} Clipping of monoamorous Head templates: {{en-adj}} mono (comparative more mono, superlative most mono)
  1. (informal) Monoamorous, monogamous. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Polyamory, Sexual orientations
    Sense id: en-mono-en-adj-zJLiXAF7 Disambiguation of Polyamory: 2 22 1 38 7 1 3 2 24 Disambiguation of Sexual orientations: 4 24 1 35 8 1 3 2 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English retronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 2 25 20 4 13 8 14 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 6 6 4 32 21 5 9 6 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəʊ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ [US], /ˈmoːnoː/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-au-mono.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ Etymology: Shortenings, ultimately from the prefix mono- (“one, single”). Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mono (uncountable)
  1. (slang, UK, Australia) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the front wheel is lifted off the ground while riding. Tags: Australia, UK, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Cycling Synonyms: wheelie
    Sense id: en-mono-en-noun-3Cskn35h Disambiguation of Cycling: 16 13 5 10 27 5 8 8 7 Categories (other): Australian English, British English
  2. (eating disorders) A diet where someome eats only one type of food. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Eating disorders
    Sense id: en-mono-en-noun-OlD3f94Z Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. (category theory) Clipping of monomorphism. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Alternative form of: monomorphism Categories (topical): Category theory, Viral diseases
    Sense id: en-mono-en-noun-9Qnm2jt3 Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 14 14 5 8 8 14 19 12 6 Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (pathology, informal) Clipping of mononucleosis. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: mononucleosis Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-mono-en-noun-BD6rWSZm Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: monic
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒ.nəʊ/ [UK], /ˈmɑ.noʊ/ [US], /ˈmoːnoː/ (note: Indic) Audio: en-au-mono.ogg Forms: monos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnoʊ Etymology: Clipping of monoamorous. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|monoamorous}} Clipping of monoamorous Head templates: {{en-noun}} mono (plural monos)
  1. (informal) A monogamous person. Tags: informal Related terms: mono no aware
    Sense id: en-mono-en-noun-go6SKziu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.