mon

¹

[mon]

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. man.

Mon

²

[mohn]

noun

1. an Austroasiatic language used chiefly in Myanmar (Burma) in the vicinity of Moulmein.

mon.

³

abbreviation

1. monastery.

2. monetary.

Mon.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Monday.

2. Monsignor.

mon-

⁵

1. variant of mono- before a vowel.

   monacid.

Mon

¹

/ məʊn /

noun

1. a member of a people of Myanmar and Thailand related to the Khmer of Cambodia

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mon-Khmer family

Mon.

²

abbreviation

1. Monday

mon-

³

combining form

1. a variant of mono-

Example Sentences

The victim was reportedly found with stab wounds in a garden in the Chamkar Mon district south of the city centre on Friday.

From BBC

Rosemary Barum, assistant at Mon Plaisir Stores, said they were going to "turn off lots of freezers so we don't use so much electricity."

From BBC

“George HW Bush ran against flag burning in 1988 and spent a whole week campaigning on the issue,” Hume wrote in a post on X. “But he called for a constitutional amendment to ban the practice. He didn’t pretend he could ban it by an executive order that flies in the face of constitutional speech protections. C’mon, man.”

From Salon

If they miss the opportunity to stage an emergency with “The Pitt” people there, c’mon.

From Los Angeles Times

Confronting an authoritarian strongman about his war crimes, Mon Mothma’s address to the Galactic Senate sees the future leader of the Rebel Alliance throw down the gauntlet against Emperor Palpatine.

From Los Angeles Times

When To Use

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.