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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nz/

Noun

mons (plural montes)

1. (obsolete, palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
2. The pubic mound or mons pubis. In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis (Latin for "pubic mound"), also known as the mons veneris (Latin, mound of Venus) or simply the mons, is the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone of adult females, anterior to the pubic symphysis. The mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva.
3. (astronomy, geology) A mountain or extinct volcano on a planet or a moon.

   Olympus Mons (Mars)

   Maxwell Montes (Venus).

Translations

Anagrams

• MNOs, nMOS, noms

Catalan

Alternative forms

• (standard) mos

Determiner

mons

1. (dialectal) masculine plural of mon

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French monstre (“monster”).

Noun

mons

1. (mythology) monster (a terrifying or dangerous mystical creature)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *montis, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). Compare Old Breton monid, Breton menez, Cornish meneth, Welsh mynydd.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mons/, [mõ?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mons/, [m?ns]

Noun

m?ns m (genitive montis); third declension

1. mountain, mount
2. (metonymically) towering mass, heap, great quantity
3. (metonymically) mountain rock, rock (in general) (poetically)
4. (metonymically) mountain beasts, wild beasts (Late Latin, poetically)
5. (metonymically) (of that which is obtained from the mountains) marble, marble column

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

Proverbs

• parturiunt mont?s, n?sc?tur r?diculus m?s (“much is promised, but little will be performed”, literally “the mountains are in labour, a ridiculous mouse will be born”).
• mont?s aur? pollic?r? (“to make great promises”, literally “to promise mountains of gold”).

Descendants

References

• mons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Swedish

Noun

mons

1. definite genitive singular of mo

English

Etymology

From Spanish mona (“monkey”)

Noun

mona (plural monas)

1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Further reading

• Cercopithecus mona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cercopithecus mona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Amon, Mano, NOMA, Noam, Oman, Onam, mano, maon, moan, noma

Bunama

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Noun

mona

1. pudding boiled in clay pot

Related terms

• mamonana (“fat”)

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mo?n?]

Noun

mona m (plural monyes)

1. money, cash, change

Synonyms

• arhans

Esperanto

Etymology

From mono +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mona/
• Hyphenation: mo?na
• Rhymes: -ona

Adjective

mona (accusative singular monan, plural monaj, accusative plural monajn)

1. (money) pecuniary, monetary

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo.na/, [?mon?]

Noun

mona

1. fat (specialized animal tissue)

Adjective

mona

1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body)
2. fertile, rich (as soil)
3. fruitful

Derived terms

• momona
• monamona (“dessert”)

References

• “mona” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Italian

Etymology 1

From Spanish mono, of Arabic origin.

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

1. (obsolete) monkey

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figuratively) cunt, pussy

Noun

mona m (invariable)

1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, derogatory) idiot, silly, dupe

Middle English

Noun

mona

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of mone (“moon”)

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *móna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?.na]
• Hyphenation: mo?na

Noun

mona

1. sky

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.?^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

Old English

Alternative forms

• m?ne

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *m?n?, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô, from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh?- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?.n?/

Noun

m?na m

1. moon
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: mone, moone, mon, moyn, monæ, mona
  • English: moon
    • Sranan Tongo: mun
    • Tok Pisin: mun
    • Torres Strait Creole: mun
  • Scots: muin, mone, monne, moon, moune, mowne, moyn, moyne, mune, mwne
  • Yola: mond

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *m?n?, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô, from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon, month”). Cognates include Old English m?na, Old High German m?no, Old Norse máni and Gothic ???????????????? (m?na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??na/

Noun

m?na m

1. moon

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: muun

  Mooring: moune

• Saterland Frisian: Moune
• West Frisian: moanne

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mona n

1. wisdom
2. self-possession
3. silence

Penrhyn

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Verb

mona

1. (stative) be sweet

Related terms

• momona (“fat”)
• monamona (“lollipop, candy”)

Pileni

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Noun

mona

1. pudding

Related terms

• momona (“oily, greasy”)
• mnamona (“fat, grease”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo.na/
• Hyphenation: mo?na

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

1. a female monkey or ape

   Synonyms: macaca, símia

2. (vulgar) drunkenness

   Synonym: bebedeira

3. rag doll

   Synonyms: marafona, matrafona

4. the state of being upset, bothered or annoyed

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, amuamento, amuo

5. (informal) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   For synonyms, see here.

6. a goat lacking one of its horns
7. (bullfighting) armor used by the bullfighter under his shorts

Sinaugoro

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Noun

mona

1. fat, grease

Sotho

Adverb

mona

1. here; proximal demonstrative adverb.

Spanish

Etymology

From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mona/, [?mo.na]

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

1. drunkenness, fuddle

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• amonarse
• dormir la mona

Noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)

1. female equivalent of mono; female monkey
2. copycat
3. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
4. (Colombia) blonde woman

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: mona
• ? Italian: mona

Adjective

mona f sg

1. feminine singular of mono

Further reading

• “mona” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?ñak.

Adjective

mona

1. sweet

Related terms

• momona
• monamona

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “mona” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Volapük

Noun

mona

1. genitive singular of mon