"monorail" meaning in English

See monorail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/ [Canada, US], /ˈmɒnəɹeɪl/ [UK], /ˈmɒnəʊˌɹeɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-monorail.wav Forms: monorails [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- + rail. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|monorail}} French monorail, {{prefix|en|mono|rail}} mono- + rail Head templates: {{en-noun}} monorail (plural monorails)
  1. a railroad system where the trains run on one rail Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (a railroad system where the trains run on one rail): monorail [masculine] (Catalan), 單軌鐵路 (Chinese Mandarin), 单轨铁路 (dānguǐ tiělù) (Chinese Mandarin), monorail [masculine] (Dutch), yksiraiteinen (Finnish), kohorata (Finnish), monorail (Finnish), monorail [masculine] (French), monorraíl [masculine] (Galician), monocarril [masculine] (Galician), Einschienenbahn [feminine] (German), μονοτροχιόδρομος (monotrochiódromos) [masculine, rare] (Greek), monorel (Indonesian), モノレール (monorēru) (Japanese), 모노레일 (monoreil) (Korean), едноши́нка (ednošínka) [feminine] (Macedonian), monorel (Malay), énskinnebane [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kolej jednoszynowa [feminine] (Polish), monotrilho [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), monocarril [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), monoșină [feminine] (Romanian), monorraíl [masculine] (Spanish), monorriel [masculine] (Spanish), monocarril [masculine] (Spanish), monorail [common-gender] (Swedish), enskensbana [common-gender] (Swedish), balkbana [common-gender] (Swedish), monoray (Turkish), đường một rầy (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-monorail-en-noun-B6I4A3aC Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 64 36 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'a railroad system where the trains run on one rail': 87 13
  2. a train running on a single rail Translations (a train running on a single rail): 單軌火車 (Chinese Mandarin), 单轨火车 (dānguǐ huǒchē) (Chinese Mandarin), yksiraiteinen (Finnish), kohoratajuna (Finnish), monorailjuna (Finnish), wagon monorail [masculine] (French), monorraíl [masculine] (Galician), monocarril [masculine] (Galician), einteinungur [masculine] (Icelandic), einteinslest [feminine] (Icelandic), едноши́нец (ednošínec) [masculine] (Macedonian), monotrilho [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), monocarril [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), моноре́льс (monorélʹs) [masculine] (Russian), monorraíl [masculine] (Spanish), monorriel [masculine] (Spanish), monocarril [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monorail-en-noun-Z7Im-Y6J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mono-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 39 2 19 39 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 2 25 36 0 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of 'a train running on a single rail': 12 88

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "word": "monorraíl"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "monocarril"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "word": "monorel"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "word": "モノレール"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "monoreil",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "word": "모노레일"
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kolej jednoszynowa"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "word": "monotrilho"
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "note": "моноре́льс m одноре́льсовая желе́зная доро́га",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "word": "monoray"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a railroad system where the trains run on one rail",
      "word": "đường một rầy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "word": "單軌火車"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dānguǐ huǒchē",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "word": "单轨火车"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "word": "yksiraiteinen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "word": "kohoratajuna"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "word": "monorailjuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wagon monorail"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "monorraíl"
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      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
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      "word": "monocarril"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "einteinungur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "ednošínec",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "едноши́нец"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "monocarril"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "monorélʹs",
      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "моноре́льс"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a train running on a single rail",
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}

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