mono

Other forms of mono

plural

monoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mono

What does mono mean?

mono means "an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mono?

mono has 2 syllables: mo-no. The stress falls on "mo". In IPA it is /ˈmoʊnoʊ/.

What is another word for mono?

Close synonyms include infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, glandular fever, kissing disease, monophonic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mono a common word?

mono is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.