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 for

1. monastery.
2. monetary.

Mon.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Monday.
2. Monsignor.

mon-

⁵

1. variant of mono- before a vowel:

   monacid.

mon-

¹

combining_form

1. a variant of mono-

Mon

²

/ məʊn /

noun

1. MonMons 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.

³

abbreviation for

1. Monday

Example Sentences

As one now-ignominious outgoing Democratic lifer would put it: C’mon, man!

From Slate

C’mon, it’s time to get moving.

From Los Angeles Times

“C’mon, G.O.A.T. Here’s Daniel Hudson, guys. We’re not here without him!”

From Los Angeles Times

Ahead of speaking at a conference, in the La Mon Hotel, he said he welcomed the opportunity to return and to see that health transformation remains an "overriding priority".

From BBC

I didn’t want to watch Walz keep on calling out the common ground that he and his counterpart share, I wanted Walz to roll his eyes and mumble “C’mon, man” when Vance was trying to pretend that he and Trump cared deeply about women’s reproductive health.

From Slate

Words That Use Mon-

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.

Examples of mon-

A monarch is “a sole and absolute ruler of a state or nation,” such as a king or queen.

The first part of the word, mon-, means “alone, singular, one.” The second part, -arch, means “chief, leader, ruler.” Monarch literally translates to “single ruler.”

Monarch comes from the Greek mónarchos, using the equivalent form of mon- in the language.

What are some words that use the combining form mon-?

Many of the following terms use the equivalent form of mon- in Greek or Latin.

• monad
• monacid
• monoid
• monocle
• monocular
• monism
• moneme
• monody

What are some other forms that mon- may be commonly confused with?

• meno-
• mero-
• nano-
• nomo-

Not every word that begins with the exact letters mono- or mon- is necessarily using the combining form to denote “one,” e.g., monitor and monumental. Learn more about the Latin root of these words at our entries for them.

Break it down!

The word ocular refers to the “eyes.” With this in mind, what does monocular mean?