English

Abbreviation

Mon

1. Monday

Translations

Noun

Mon ‎(plural Mons)

1. A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.

Translations

Proper noun

Mon

1. The language of this people, in the Austro-Asiatic language family.

Translations

Anagrams

• nom, no'm, nom., NOM

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Mǫn.

Proper noun

Mon f

1. Isle of Man

Declension

Related terms

• manskur

Plautdietsch

Noun

Mon f ‎(plural Monen)

1. moon

Derived terms

• Monenschien
• Monvedunklen
• Haulfmon
• Vollmon

See also

• Dach (day)
• Wäakj (week)
• Moonat (month)
• Joa (year)
• Sonn (sun)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mon, man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. More at man.

Noun

Mon m ‎(plural Monljuude)

1. man
2. human being

Synonyms

• Käärel

English

Noun

mon

1. The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
2. The badge or crest of 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

• nom, no'm, nom., NOM

Catalan

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

• meu

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/

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.

Related terms

Noun

mon m ‎(plural mons)

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

Anagrams

• nom

Japanese

Romanization

mon

1. rōmaji reading of もん

Lojban

Rafsi

mon

1. rafsi of morna.

Middle English

Noun

mon

1. man

Northern Sami

Pronoun

mon

1. nominative of mun

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

• French: mon

Old Provençal

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• mo

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

Scots

Noun

mon

1. man

Skolt Sami

Pronoun

mon

1. I

Swedish

Noun

mon

1. definite singular of mo

Volapük

Noun

mon ‎(uncountable mons)

1. money

Declension