meno

¹ American  

[mey-noh, me-naw] / ˈmeɪ noʊ, ˈmɛ nɔ /

adverb

Music.

1. less.

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meno- ² American  

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

   menopause.

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meno ¹ British  

/ ˈmɛnəʊ /

adverb

1. (esp preceding a dynamic or tempo marking) to be played less quickly, less softly, etc

2. short for meno mosso

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meno- ² British  

combining form

1. menstruation

   menorrhagia

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Usage

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.

Etymology

Origin of meno¹

1875–80; < Italian < Latin minus less

Origin of meno-²

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

Example Sentences

Con tanta copia di sentenze graui, di scherzi, e motti, Che non meno sono profitteuoli nella prattica del viuere humane, che molto grati, e piaceuoli ad vdire.

From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.

Mentre che l’uno spirito queste disse, L’altro piangeva si, che di pietade Io venni meno come s’io morisse, E caddi, come corpo morto cade.”

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

Questo sol m' arde, eqesto m' innamora; Non pur di fora il tuo volto sereno: Ch' amor non già di cosa che vien meno Tien ferma speme, in cu' virtù dimora.

From Michael Angelo Buonarroti by Holroyd, Charles

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

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 by Various

Colla patente Dimostrazione della quieta di nostra Terra, e che poco pi�, o-143- meno ci apparisce ella oggidi nella sua superfizie tal quale era avanti l'Universal Diluvio.

From The gradual acceptance of the Copernican theory of the universe by Stimson, Dorothy