different between monorail vs monoline

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- +? rail.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?m?n??e?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n??e?l/, /?m?n????e?l/

Noun

monorail (plural monorails)

1. a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
2. a train running on a single rail

Translations

Anagrams

• Molinaro

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?no??re?l/

Noun

monorail m (plural monorails, diminutive monorailtje n)

1. monorail

French

Etymology

From mono- +? rail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.no.?aj/

Adjective

monorail (plural monorails)

1. of or relating to monorail

Noun

monorail m (plural monorails)

1. monorail

Further reading

• “monorail” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From mono- +? line.

Noun

monoline (plural monolines)

1. (business) A company operating in only one industry or line of business; often specifically a bank specializing in credit card issuance.
2. (finance) An insurer specialized in insuring investment-grade securities against loss.
3. (calligraphy) A font line of consistent width, as occurs when imitating pencil script.
4. (aquaculture) A length of monofilament line, used for culturing forms of seaweed.
5. (printing, dated) A type of composing machine in which each line of type is cast as a single slug.
6. (spectroscopy) A single spectrum line.

Related terms

• monorail
• monotype
• multiline