"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. 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, {{m|fro|mon}} mon, {{m|fro|meon}} meon, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{inh|fr|LL.||mum}} Late Latin mum, {{inh|fr|la|meum}} Latin meum, {{m|la|meus}} meus, {{cog|cel-gau|mon}} Gaulish mon 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 Categories (other): French determiners, French possessive determiners Disambiguation of French determiners: 50 50 Disambiguation of French possessive determiners: 46 54
  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: 50 50 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of French possessive determiners: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mondit

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for mon meaning in French (3.7kB)

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          "text": "J’ai perdu mon chapeau.",
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          "text": "La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.",
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          "text": "J’ai perdu mon chapeau.",
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          "text": "La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.",
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