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mon¹

  • /mɑn/ US
  • /mɒn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

From Japanese 文 (mon).

noun mons · mon

  1. historical The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen. The shimonsen or shimon, originally worth four mon, but debased to two mon.
  2. historical The former currency of the Ryukyu Kingdom until its annexation by Japan.
  3. The badge or emblem of a Japanese family, especially a family of the ancient feudal nobility; typically circular and consists of conventionalized forms from nature.

mon²

  • /mɑn/ US
  • /mɒn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

From a dialectal variant of man; compare West Midland Middle English mon (alongside East Midland Middle English man).

noun

  1. colloquial Man; used in places such as Jamaica, and Lancashire, Shropshire and the Black Country in England. Ee I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee. That's as welcome lad, as welcome as can be. Fotch thi cheer up t'table. Stop as long as th'art able. Fer I'm allus glad to see a mon like thee.

mon³

  • /mɑn/ US
  • /mɒn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

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

noun mons · 'mon

  1. slang A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles. Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...
  2. slang A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element. 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...

mon⁴

  • [mon] Scotland
  • /mɑn/ US
  • /mɒn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

Clipping of come on.

interjection 'mon

  1. Scotland come on; come along with me
  2. Scotland come on! Part of a chant for a team or band. 'Sing up, runt,' he goes, slapping my back friendly/forceful. 'Mon the Rangers!'
  3. Scotland An expression of defiance or as a challenge; often as "mon then"

mon⁵

  • /mɑn/ US
  • /mɒn/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒn

Where it comes from

Clipping of month.

symbol

  1. Scotland month 12 yr 4 mon 17 d

Mon⁶

noun Mons

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Monday

Mon⁷

Where it comes from

From Burmese မွန် (mwan).

noun Mons · Mon

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

    Similar: Talaing

proper noun

  1. The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.

Mon⁸

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Monica. Phoebe: Oh, hey, Mon, do you still have your like... old blouses and dresses from high school? Monica: Yeah, I think I have some around here somewhere. Why?

Mon⁹

proper noun

  1. A district of Nagaland, India. The Konyaks are one of Nagaland's 17 major tribes, concentrated in the eastern district of Mon, where such chiefs are known as Anghs.

MON10

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Moncton

noun MONs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of motor octane number

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: monday, mun, tue, thurs, thu, fri, khmer, lun, yy, meng, sunday, week, teu, moon, mone, iron

Translations

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noun Monday

Españollun.
한국어월 wol
日本語月 getsu, 月曜 getsuyō
हिन्दीसोम som, पीर pīr
KiswahiliJtt
Portuguêsseg
Françaislun.
DeutschMo., Mon., Mont.
Русскийпн. pn., пон. pon., пнд. pnd., понед. poned.
Tiếng ViệtT2

noun the people

日本語モン族 monzoku
中文孟族 mèngzú
Portuguêsmons
Русскиймо́ны móny
Tiếng Việtngười Môn, dân tộc Môn

name the language

日本語モン語 mongo
中文孟語 /孟语 mèngyǔ
Portuguêslíngua mom
Русскиймо́нский mónskij
Tiếng Việttiếng Môn

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@misc{mon_2026,
  title = {mon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}