mon
1 Americannoun
noun
abbreviation
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monastery.
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monetary.
abbreviation
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Monday.
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Monsignor.
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
abbreviation
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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“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
Its avowal that Ms. Baker’s heart went out at once to “Paris et mon pays” — “Paris and my country” — seemed to capture her unusual odyssey.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
“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
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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
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
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
A detailed, elegant re-creation of Mon Lay Won, but a re.creation nonetheless.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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First he tried it on dogs, rats, mice, mon. keys, the hearts of frogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Ne ilef þu neuer þane mon. þat is of feole spechen.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
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 Hall, Joseph
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 Hall, Joseph
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
“Any one. Mon. Mol. Who wants to come with me?”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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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
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But," said Mr. Bouncer, as he ended his tale, "talking's mon-
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert
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 Browne, Thomas, Sir
She was getting a hundred and ten a mon- Th, but she couldn't work for that.
From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
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 White, Andrew Dickson
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