"mon" meaning in French

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Determiner

IPA: /mɔ̃/, /mɔ̃.n‿/, /mɔ.n‿/, [mɒ̃ʊ̯̃] [Quebec] Audio: Fr-mon.ogg Forms: ma [feminine], mes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mon, from Old French mun, mon, meon, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, accusative masculine and neuter singular of meus. Probably influenced by Gaulish mon (“my”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mon|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mon, {{inh+|fr|frm|mon}} Inherited from Middle French mon, {{inh|fr|fro|mun}} Old French mun, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{inh|fr|LL.||mum}} Late Latin mum, {{inh|fr|la|meum}} Latin meum, {{cog|cel-gau|mon|t=my}} Gaulish mon (“my”) Head templates: {{fr-det|m|f=ma|p=mes}} mon m (feminine ma, plural mes)
  1. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender) Tags: masculine, possessive
    Sense id: en-mon-fr-det-nkEEoloH
  2. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mon-fr-det-3wCFKZW0 Categories (other): French determiners, French entries with incorrect language header, French possessive determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 21 79 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of French possessive determiners: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mondit
Related terms: mon1, ma, mes, ton1, ta, tes, son1, sa, ses, notre, nos, votre2, vos2, leur, leurs, 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel, mute h, 2 Also used as the polite singular form, For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "notre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nos"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "votre2"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vos2"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "leurs"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mute h"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "2 Also used as the polite singular form"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "san. These are extremely rare."
    }
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          "text": "J’ai perdu mon chapeau.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The decision was taken in my absence.",
          "text": "La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "ipa": "/mɔ̃/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔ̃.n‿/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔ.n‿/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[mɒ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
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      "word": "ta"
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      "word": "tes"
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      "word": "son1"
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      "word": "sa"
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    {
      "word": "ses"
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      "word": "notre"
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    },
    {
      "word": "vos2"
    },
    {
      "word": "leur"
    },
    {
      "word": "leurs"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "mute h"
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    },
    {
      "word": "tan"
    },
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          "english": "I lost my hat.",
          "text": "J’ai perdu mon chapeau.",
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        {
          "english": "The decision was taken in my absence.",
          "text": "La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.",
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