mona

See also: Mona, móna, mòna, moña, Móňa, mǫnă, mona-, and -mona

English

Etymology

From Spanish mona (“monkey”)

Noun

mona (plural monas)

  1. Cercopithecus mona, a West African monkey.

Further reading

Anagrams

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoːnə]

Noun

mona m (plural monyes)

  1. money, cash, change

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology 1

From Spanish mono, of Arabic origin.

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

  1. (obsolete) monkey

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

mona f (plural mone)

  1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, figuratively) cunt, pussy

mona m (invariable)

  1. (regional, chiefly Triveneto, vulgar, pejorative) idiot, silly, dupe

Middle English

Noun

mona

  1. (chiefly early) Alternative form of mone (“moon”)

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, probably a suffixed form of an ultimate root *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːnɑ/

Noun

mōna m (nominative plural mōnan)

  1. moon

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Frisian

Noun

mōna m

  1. the moon

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mona n

  1. wisdom
  2. self-possession
  3. silence

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmona/

Adjective

mona f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective mono.

Noun

mona f (plural monas)

  1. drunkenness, fuddle

Derived terms

Noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)

  1. (female) monkey
  2. copycat
  3. (Mexico, Chile) doll, puppet
  4. (Colombia) blonde woman

Volapük

Noun

mona

  1. genitive singular of mon
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