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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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
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
“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
“Shall we see you this evening, mon frere?” asked Amy, as they parted at her aunt’s door.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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
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
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
Fishermen working the sea between the Irrawaddy delta and the coast of Mon state found several other bodies nine days later.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Tio Mon looked a little confused, but Minerva had him through the arm as well as around her little finger, so off he goes.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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
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
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
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
Salesforce also announced a new partnership Mon. with Hewlett-Packard, a multi-tenant cloud offering, ‘Salesforce Superpod.’
From Forbes ● Nov. 19, 2013
“Any one. Mon. Mol. Who wants to come with me?”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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
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
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
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