mon

See also: Mon, món, mòn, môn, mōn, mön, and mon-

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Etymology 1

From Japanese 文 (mon). Cognate to wen, mun and van.

Noun

mon

  1. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
  2. The badge or emblem a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility. It is typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.

Etymology 2

From man.

Noun

mon

  1. (slang, used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England.

See also

  • (term of address for a man) mate (British, Australia), dude

Etymology 3

Clipping of monster, via Japanese モン (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon etc.

Noun

mon (plural mons)

  1. (fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.
    • 2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, in alt.fan.digimon, Usenet‎:
      Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...
    • 2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon, Usenet‎:
      When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength.
    • 2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon, Usenet‎:
      And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.
  2. (fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.
    • 2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair, Usenet‎:
      Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too...
    • 2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate, Usenet‎:
      And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned of it :-)
    • 2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime an U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet‎:
      At any rate Digimon was the best mon/collector series we've seen yet, to the point its popularity was prolly bigger here than its marketing.

Anagrams

Bavarian

Noun

mon

  1. (Sauris) man
  2. (Sauris) husband

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin meus, meum, from Proto-Italic *meos.

In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin meum, meam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became mon, ma etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became meu, mia > meua etc.

Determiner

mon m (feminine ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mes)

  1. my

Usage notes

The use of mon and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.

The standard masculine plural form is mos, but mons can be found in some dialects.

See also

Further reading

Danish

Adverb

mon

  1. I wonder
    Mon luftmodstanden kan være betydningsfuld?
    Might air resistance be significant, I wonder?
    Nå, mon ikke de snart er færdige.
    Er det mon bare et spørgsmål om at opskrive alle tilfælde, og så udstrege alle de umulige?
    I wonder if if it is just a matter of enumerating all cases, and then excluding the impossible ones?

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Middle French mon, from Old French mun, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃/
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Determiner

mon m (singular)

  1. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender).
    J'ai perdu mon chapeau.
    I lost my hat.
    La décision a été prise pendant mon absence.
    The decision was taken in my absence.
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1mames
Second person ton1tates
Third person son1sases
PluralFirst person notrenos
Second person votre2vos2
Third person leurleurs
1 Also used before the feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute h.
2 Also used for the singular polite form.

Noun

mon m (plural mons)

  1. Followed by rank, address to a (male) superior officer in the military. Army-specific short for "monsieur".

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

mon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もん

Kalasha

Noun

mon

  1. a language

Middle English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

mon

  1. man
Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mon

  1. Alternative form of man
References

Etymology 3

Noun

mon

  1. Alternative form of mone (“moon”)
References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmon/

Pronoun

mon

  1. nominative of mun

Occitan

Determiner

mon m sg (feminine singular ma, masculine plural mos, feminine plural mas)

  1. my
    Synonyms: meu, mieu

Old French

Alternative forms

  • moun (Anglo-Norman)
  • mun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mõn/
  • Rhymes: -õn

Determiner

mon m (feminine ma, plural mes)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive)

Descendants

Old Occitan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin mum, a reduced variant of Latin meum, nominative neuter singular of meus.

Alternative forms

Adjective

mon m (feminine ma)

  1. my (belonging to me)

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mon m (oblique plural mons, nominative singular mons, nominative plural mon)

  1. world
    • circa 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Anc no gardei sazo ni mes:
      Tota gens ditz que Vianes
      Es la melher terra del mon
      Everyone says that Vianes
      is the best land in the world

Descendants

Scots

Noun

mon

  1. man

Skolt Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mon

  1. I

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

mon

  1. definite singular of mo

Tok Pisin

Noun

mon

  1. tree that bears fruit or nuts

Volapük

Noun

mon (uncountable mons)

  1. money

Declension

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