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mon
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Japanese ? (mon). Cognate to wen, mun and van.
Noun
mon
- The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
- The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.
Etymology 2
From a dialectal variant of man; compare Western Middle English mon (alongside Eastern man).
Noun
mon
- (slang, used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England.
See also
- (term of address for a man) mate (British, Australia), dude
Etymology 3
Clipping of monster, via Japanese ?? (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon, etc.
Noun
mon (plural mons)
- (fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.
- (fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.
Anagrams
- -nom, MNO, NMO, NOM, ONM, no'm, nom, nom-, nom.
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- mònn, moon
Etymology
From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic ???????????????????? (manna).
Noun
mon
- (Sauris) man
- (Sauris) husband
References
- “mon” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan mon, from Vulgar Latin *mum, reduced form of Latin meus, meum, from Proto-Italic *meos. Compare Occitan and French mon.
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin meum, meam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became mon, ma etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became meu, mia > meua etc.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /mun/ (always unstressed)
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /mon/ (always unstressed)
Determiner
mon m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mes)
- my
Usage notes
The use of mon and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
The standard masculine plural form is mos, but mons can be found in some dialects.
Descendants
- Sicilian: mo (South Easy of Sicily, nearby Ragusa)
See also
- meu
Further reading
- “mon” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese
Etymology
From English monitor.
Pronunciation
Noun
mon
- (Cantonese, hardware) monitor
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mon/, [?m?n]
Etymology 1
From the (now obsolete) present of the modal verb monne (“may, might”), via a false interpretation of sentences like hvor mon han bo? (“where may he live?”) as hvor mon han bor? (“where, I wonder, does he live?”).
Adverb
mon
- I wonder
Usage notes
The adverb is only used in direct or indirect questions. It is usually located in the second place in the sentence, i.e. where one would expect to find the finite verb (cf. the etymology). The finite, on the other hand, is placed in the second part of the sentence, where one would expect to find an infinitive.
Synonyms
- monstro
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
mon
- (obsolete) present tense singular of monne
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Determiner
mon m (singular)
- (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender).
- Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
Derived terms
- mondit
Related terms
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Further reading
- “mon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- nom
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese mão. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mon.
Noun
mon
- hand
Japanese
Romanization
mon
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese mão.
Noun
mon
- hand
Kalasha
Noun
mon
- a language
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.
Alternative forms
- man, manne, monne, mæn
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?n/, /man/
Noun
mon (plural men)
- man (male human)
- human, person
Synonyms
- (man): gome, wer
- (person): persoun
Related terms
- frendman
- foman
- lege man
- manful
- manrede
Descendants
- Scots: man
- English: man
- Tok Pisin: man
- ? Chinese: man
- ? Chinook Jargon: man
- ? Korean: ? (maen)
- ? Spanish: man
- ? Thai: ??? (m??n)
- ? Volapük: man
- English: -man
- Sranan Tongo: -man
- ? French: -man
- ? Japanese: ?? (-man)
- ? Welsh: -mon
- Yola: man
Etymology 2
Pronoun
mon
- Alternative form of man (“one, you”)
Etymology 3
Noun
mon
- Alternative form of mone (“moon”)
Etymology 4
Verb
mon
- Alternative form of mone (“shall”)
Etymology 5
Verb
mon
- Alternative form of monen (“to remember”)
Etymology 6
Verb
mon
- Alternative form of monen (“to lament”)
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?mon/
Pronoun
mon
- nominative of mun
Occitan
Alternative forms
- moun (Mistralian)
Etymology
From Old Occitan mon, from Vulgar Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum.
Determiner
mon m sg (feminine singular ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mas)
- my
- Synonyms: meu, mieu
References
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 389.
Old French
Alternative forms
- moun (Anglo-Norman)
- mun (Anglo-Norman)
- meon (very early Old French; Oaths of Strasbourg)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mun/
- Rhymes: -on
Determiner
mon m (feminine ma, plural mes)
- my (first-person singular possessive)
Descendants
- French: mon
Old Occitan
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.
Alternative forms
- mo
Adjective
mon m (feminine ma)
- my (belonging to me)
Descendants
- Catalan: mon
- Occitan: mon
Etymology 2
From Latin mundus.
Noun
mon m (oblique plural mons, nominative singular mons, nominative plural mon)
- world
Descendants
- Catalan: món
- Occitan: mond
Scots
Noun
mon
- man
Skolt Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *monë.
Pronoun
mon
- I
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Swedish
Noun
mon
- definite singular of mo
Tok Pisin
Noun
mon
- tree that bears fruit or nuts
Volapük
Noun
mon (uncountable mons)
- money
Declension
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muon
English
Etymology
Contraction of the earlier term mu-meson; the particle has now been recategorised as a lepton. Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1951 in his book Elementary Particles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mju??n/
Noun
muon (plural muons)
- (physics) An unstable elementary particle in the lepton family, having similar properties to the electron but with a mass 207 times greater.
Derived terms
- muogenic
- muonic
Translations
Further reading
- muon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- moun
Dutch
Etymology
Contraction of mu-meson
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mu?on
Noun
muon n (plural muonen)
- (physics) muon
Esperanto
Noun
muon
- accusative singular of muo
muon From the web:
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