monotony
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
monotony
- /məˈnɒtəni/ UK
- /məˈnɑtəni/ US, dialectal
- /məˈnɑtni/ US, dialectal
- /məˈnɒtəni/ Canada, dialectal
- /məˈnɔtəni/ Australia
- /məˈnɒtəni/ New Zealand
- [məˈnɔ̟təni] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).
noun monotonies
-
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...
Similar: boredom
- The property of a monotonic function.
- The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Thesaurus
Translations
Talk about this word "monotony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monotony. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. monotony. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monotony "monotony." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monotony.Cite this
@misc{monotony_2026,
title = {monotony},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monotony},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
