meno

¹

[ mey-noh; Italian me-naw ]

adverb

, Music.

1. less.

meno-

²

1. a combining form borrowed from Greek, where it meant “month,” used with reference to menstruation in the formation of compound words:

   menopause.

meno-

¹

combining_form

1. menstruation

   menorrhagia

meno

²

/ ˈmɛnəʊ /

adverb

1. (esp preceding a dynamic or tempo marking) to be played less quickly, less softly, etc
2. See meno mosso
   short for meno mosso

Word History and Origins

Origin of meno¹

1875–80; < Italian < Latin minus less

Origin of meno²

< Greek mēno-, combining form of mḗn month; moon

Word History and Origins

Origin of meno¹

from Greek mēn month

Origin of meno²

from Italian, from Latin minus less

Example Sentences

Meno's book is an honest look at the isolation of being a creative person in your 20s living in a city.

From The Daily Beast

At times, it does feel like a hipster romance, but Joe Meno is smarter than that.

From The Daily Beast

“Honestly, just sharing the stage with those two was a high point in my career,” Meno, winningly, told The New York Times.

From The Daily Beast

With his ambitious fourth novel about a family of oddball Chicago scientists, Joe Meno swings for the fences in The Great Perhaps.

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Meno starts well, introducing the compellingly odd Casper family.

From The Daily Beast

The poco di piu and poco di meno has, in such contingencies, an unbounded influence.

From Project Gutenberg

In the copy ‘non si può far di meno di non observar le leggi,’ the ‘non’ being incorrectly repeated.

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At the close of the last movement of the quartet there occurred a meno vivace, which seemed to me to weaken the general effect.

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In Plato himself the term is applied in the sense of a 'master in art,' without any bad meaning attaching to it (Symp.; Meno).

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"But my misfortunes are heavier," ended compare Meno, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

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Words That Use meno-

What does meno- mean?

Meno- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “month.” It is often used in medical terms, specifically in references to menstruation.

Meno- comes from the Greek mḗn, meaning “month.” It’s distantly related to the English word moon, itself related to the word month. Many calendars, both in the past and present, are based on the cycles of the moon.

Menstruation is the periodic flow (known as menses) of blood and other substances from the uterus, which happens approximately every month in women of certain ages. Indeed, both menstruation and menses derive from the Latin mēnsis, meaning “month.”

What are variants of meno-?

When combined with words or word elements that begin with a vowel, meno- becomes men-, as in menarche.

Examples of meno-

Menopause is the period when menstruation ends, usually between the ages of 45–55.

Borrowed from the French ménopause, menopause features the equivalent of the combining forms of meno-, referring to menstruation, and pause, meaning “cessation” and from a Greek word for “halt, stop.” Menopause, then, has the literal sense of “the end of menstruating.”

What are some words that use the combining form meno-?

• menophania
• menorrhea
• menoschesis
• menostasis
• menostaxis
• menotropins

What are some other forms that meno- may be commonly confused with?

• melano-
• meningo-
• meso-
• mero-

Break it down!

The combining form -rrhea means “flow.” What is menorrhea?