mono-

• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

From Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-), combining form of μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əʊ̯/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.əw/, /ˈmɔn.ə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, (before vowels) /ˈmɑ.now/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.əʉ/, /ˈmɔn.ɐʉ/, /ˈmɒn.əʉ/, /ˈmɒn.ɐʉ/

Greek number prefix

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mono-

1. one, single, only

• uni- (from Latin)

• poly- (from Ancient Greek)
• multi- (from Latin)

• Thesaurus:number

• “mono-”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mono-, prefix”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 1008, column 3.

• Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

• mon-

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [mo.no]
• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mono-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mono-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mono-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.no-]

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

   Synonyms: enkelt-, ene-

   Antonym: poly-

• “mono-” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.noː-/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “mono-”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mono-”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmono-/, [ˈmo̞no̞-]

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• mono- and uni- are chiefly used when the headword is a loan. Else, yksi- is used. For example, monogamy is monogamia or yksiavioisuus.

• moon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.no/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): /mono/ [mõ.nʊ]

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”).

• IPA^(key): (unstressed) /mono/, (stressed) /ˈmoːno/, /ˈmɔno/
• The choice between the two stressed forms is somewhat lexicalized. For example, the short vowel is predominant in Monoxid, but much less common in Monokultur.

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-” in Duden online
• “mono-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɔ.no/
• Hyphenation: mò‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• mono- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• -nomo, nomo, nomò

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

• IPA^(key): /moːnʊ/

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mono-” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, singular”).

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
• Syllabification: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

   ‎mono- + ‎-gram → ‎monogram

2. (chemistry) mono-

   ‎mono- + ‎chlorobenzol → ‎monochlorobenzol

• mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mono-”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 1036

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• “mono-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mono-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmono/ [ˌmo.no]
• Syllabification: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

   Synonym: uni-

• “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

• IPA^(key): /moːnoː/

• Audio (Southern):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mo‧no-

mono-

1. mono- (having only one of something)

• mono- in Svensk ordbok (SO)