mon
noun
man.
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mon
1 American
[mon]
/ mɒn /
noun
Scot. and North England.
Mon
2
American
[mohn]
/ moʊn /
noun
mon.
3
American
abbreviation
-
monastery.
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monetary.
Mon.
4
American
abbreviation
-
Monday.
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Monsignor.
mon-
5
American
Mon
1
British
/ məʊn /
noun
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a member of a people of Myanmar and Thailand related to the Khmer of Cambodia
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the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family
Mon.
2
British
abbreviation
mon-
3
British
combining form
Usage
What does mon- mean? Mon- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “alone, singular, one.” It is used in many technical and scientific terms. Mono- comes from the Greek mónos, meaning “alone."Mon- is a variant of mono-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use mono- article.
Example Sentences
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Know only this, mon cher: you are the only being I trust, and whom I love, above and beyond myself.
From Salon ● May 20, 2024
But when he and Ruffalo offer each other a toast of “Vive la France,” all you can say is “Oh mon Dieu.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
It’s on display until Feb. 25, 2024, and is currently — mon Dieu! — sold-out, but we can dream.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
The charge-sheet said that after the couple received the car, Mrs Menendez texted her husband to say: "Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes."
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
The lady next door, Ilda Li- mon, came over last night and told us that she’d heard that El Li'der announced that anyone who wished to leave the country was free to do so.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
In the recent floods, Sahariah says, continuous heavy rainfall in Upper Assam and neighbouring Nagaland's Mon district triggered severe flooding and large-scale silt deposition in Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Latin Grammy-winning chanteuse Mon Laferte released her jazz pop LP, “Femme Fatale,” in October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
In late June, authorities also removed a statue from a park in Mudon, in southern Mon state, said a resident speaking anonymously.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
May Kyut Mon, 29, screams as her contractions increase.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Come on, Mon, it’s only our Comrade Uncle—” Comrade Pillai tried to kick-start Shakespeare.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
First he tried it on dogs, rats, mice, mon. keys, the hearts of frogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
With one hand on the wheel, one hand on the radio, and a heavy foot on the gas, Ivan Renson said, “Yuh need fi relax, mon. Mi ’ave it,” and finally pushed play.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
The highest received thirty pieces of cloth, one hundred hanks of silk and two thousand mon, while in the case of an eighth-class official the corresponding figures were one piece of cloth and twenty mon.*
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
Ne nalde ha neolechin him for na liuiende mon. ear þen he were under Maximien. hehest i Rome. þ̵ is heh reue.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
And vre owe lif. lutel hwile ileste. for þeyh o mon. wolde al þe worlde.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
Various dates and times; starts Mon., ends Nov. 12; schedules at www.santamonicaplayhouse.com.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2018
Closed Mon. $5-7; veterans, active military and children under 10, free.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
“Front line staff not at fault for Sea-Tac closure last night. @soundtransit and @kcmetrobus brass will meet Mon. re what cops can, can’t order.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2017
“The results for this quarter represent a transformation in our business,” CFO Martin Schroeter said on an analyst call on Mon. after the earnings release.
From Forbes ● Apr. 20, 2015
Many shops—more each day, it seemed—displayed signs in their windows saying “Closed” or “Open Mon. Tues. only.”
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
If Ireland does decide upon a monarchy, she might elect to have an English King and be part of a dual mon- archy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was getting a hundred and ten a mon- Th, but she couldn't work for that.
From Something Else Again by Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce) Adams
But," said Mr. Bouncer, as he ended his tale, "talking's mon-
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede
There is no deformity but in mon- strosity; wherein, notwithstanding, there is a kind of beauty; nature so ingeniously contriving the irregular part, as they become sometimes more remarkable than the principal fabrick.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne
The late president, Heureaux, was one of the most mon- strous of these creatures who have found their breeding- bed in Central American politics.
From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 by Andrew Dickson White
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