mon
noun
man.
mon
1 American
[mon]
/ mɒn /
noun
Scot. and North England.
Mon
2
American
[mohn]
/ moʊn /
noun
mon.
3
American
abbreviation
-
monastery.
-
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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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
“Congratulations mon amour de la vie,” she wrote to Menendez, according to the indictment.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 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
“Congratulations mon amour de la vie, we are the proud owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” Nadine Menendez texted her husband, along with a heart emoji.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
“I am not a magician, mon cher. I am, like you, a very puzzled man. This affair advances in a very strange manner.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
The Konyaks are one of Nagaland's 17 major tribes, concentrated in the eastern district of Mon, where such chiefs are known as Anghs.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
“Because it’s the first contract with Nippon Steel, they’d like to have a quick signing and smooth transition,” said Andrew Macey, a worker at Mon Valley’s coke plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Late last year, Chilean singer-songwriter Mon Laferte dropped “Femme Fatale,” a smoldering album that was instantly hailed as one of the best Latin records of 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
A detailed, elegant re-creation of Mon Lay Won, but a re.creation nonetheless.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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 ilef þu neuer þane mon. þat is of feole spechen.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
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
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
Salesforce also announced a new partnership Mon. with Hewlett-Packard, a multi-tenant cloud offering, ‘Salesforce Superpod.’
From Forbes ● Nov. 19, 2013
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
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
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
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
But," said Mr. Bouncer, as he ended his tale, "talking's mon-
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede
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