# mono-
## English
### Alternative forms

* mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Prefix

Greek number prefix :
| 1 | Previous: | n/a |
| 1 | Next: | di- duo- |
mono-
* one, single, only

#### Synonyms

* uni- (from Latin)

#### Antonyms

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

#### Translations
### See also

* Thesaurus:number

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* Moon, OMON, moon, nomo-

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.nu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [mo.no]

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “mono-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “mono-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmono-/, [ˈmo̞no̞-]

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Usage notes

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

### Anagrams

* moon

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms

From

## German
### Alternative forms

* mon- (before some vowel-initial roots)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mo(ː)no/
* Hyphenation: mo‧no-
* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* -nomo, nomo, nomò

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːnʊ/

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-

#### Derived terms
### References

* “mono-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔ.nɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnɔ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-
    ‎mono- + ‎-gram → ‎monogram

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* mono- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌmõ.no/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌmõ.no/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌmo.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌmɔ.nɔ/

### Prefix

mono-
* mono- (having only one of something)

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Prefix

mono-
* mono-
    Synonym: uni-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “mono-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10