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Meaning of "mononym" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MONONYM

From mono- + (epo)nym.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MONONYM

mononym  [ˈmɒnəʊˌnɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONONYM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mononym is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MONONYM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mononym

Mononymous person

A mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a mononym, or "single name". In some cases, that name has been selected by the individual, who may have originally been given a polynym. In other cases, it has been determined by the custom of the country or by some interested segment. In the case of historical figures, it may be the only one of the individual's names that has survived and is still known today.

Definition of mononym in the English dictionary

The definition of mononym in the dictionary is a person who is famous enough to be known only by one name, usually the first name.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONONYM


autonym
ˈɔːtəˌnɪm
caconym
ˈkækəˌnɪm
eponym
ˈɛpəˌnɪm
ethnonym
ˈeθnəˌnɪm
exonym
ˈɛksəˌnɪm
heteronym
ˈhɛtərəʊˌnɪm
hypernym
ˈhaɪpəˌnɪm
meronym
ˈmɛrəʊˌnɪm
paranym
ˈpærəˌnɪm
pseudonym
ˈsjuːdəˌnɪm
textonym
ˈtɛkstəˌnɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONONYM

monomorphemic
monomorphic
monomorphism
monomorphous
monomyarian
Monongahela
mononuclear
mononucleate
mononucleosis
mononucleotide
monopetalous
monophagous
monophagy
monophase
monophasic
monophobia
monophobic
monophonic
monophonically
monophony

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONONYM

allonym
anonym
antonym
cohyponym
cryptonym
homonym
hyponym
metonym
paronym
polyonym
retronym
synonym
tautonym
toponym

Synonyms and antonyms of mononym in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mononym» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONONYM

Find out the translation of mononym to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mononym from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mononym» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mononym
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mononym
570 millions of speakers

English

mononym
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mononym
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

mononym
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mononym
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mononym
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mononym
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mononym
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mononim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mononym
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mononym
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mononym
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mononym
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mononym
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mononym
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निनावी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yalnızca ad
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mononym
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mononym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mononym
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mononym
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mononym
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mononym
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mononym
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mononym
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mononym

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONONYM»

The term «mononym» is normally little used and occupies the 133.345 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONONYM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mononym» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mononym» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mononym

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONONYM»

Discover the use of mononym in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mononym and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyonce Knowles
The comedian and illusionist Teller, the silent half of the duo Penn & Teller, has legally changed his original polynym, "Raymond Joseph Teller", to the mononym "Teller" and possesses a United States passport issued in that single name.392 ...
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The Chinese Lexicon: A Comprehensive Survey
In addition to its redefining capacity, the juxtaposed mononym also determines the syntagmatic potentiality of the resultant lexeme. For example, iJSS bei'ai ' sorrowful' mainly collocates with human feelings and M.& beican 'tragic' with ...
Po-ching Yip, 2000
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Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association
If 'snow white,' bingleng i^C & 'ice cold,' renliu A Vfc 'stream of people,' fazhi IMta ' ruling by law,' etc. 4.13 Governmental Type VO When the first mononym is a verb which governs the second mononym, which is usually a noun (or occasionally ...
‎1992
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Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most ...
... (a southerly neighbor of Kanada) Nouvelle-Zélande (the land of the flightless birds) Rootsi (the country that gave usfartlek. See chapter 21.) mononym (MON- uh-nim) noun A term or name consisting of one word. For example, Madonna ( pop ...
Anu Garg, 2005
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White Line Fever
Told with Lemmy's indomitable charisma and humour, this is the autobiography of a rock icon who over the past thirty years in the industry, has stayed true to his music, his fans and his pleasures.
Lemmy Kilmister, Janiss Garza, 2003
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Collection of theses and reprints on nerves of vertebrates
This locative mononym was suggested bySpitzka in 1887 ; W., '89, a, §103." V, 4, Sulci cerebelli. — For most of the interfoliar crevices I proposed rimula in 1889. But, as shown by Stroud, certain of them are deep and merit the title of sulcus.
‎1899
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The Journal of Comparative Neurology
... "superior;" indeed, this was done by Meynert (" Psychiatry," Fig. 9) ; likewise by Leuret in the analogous case of the arches about the Sylvian fissure of Carnivora. quasi-mononym like the hyphenated " infero-frontalis " sometimes employed.
‎1899
8
Rapidex Enrich Your Word Power
... of a larger class a word having the same derivation or form as another a word whose relation to another is a part to the whole Metonymy Metronymy Mononym Onymous Oronym Paedonymic Paronym Patronym Polyonym Pseudonym. 401.
Pustak Mahal Editorial
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Doctor Who-Guide 2/3
Piper was offered a record deal at the age of 15, and in 1998 became the youngest artist ever to debut at number one in the UK singles chart with "Because We Want To", released under the stage mononym "Billie".'5] Her follow-up single  ...
Compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by Dr Googelberg
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Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of ...
... metonym, metonymical, metony- mous, metonymously, metonymy, metronym, metronymic, mononym, numeronym, parony- mous, patronymic, poikilonymy, polynym, polyonymous, polyonymy, pseudonym, retro- nym, synonym, synonymous, ...
John G. Robertson, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONONYM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mononym is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kyoko, OOIOO Founder and Former Guitarist, Dead
Kyoko, the mononym guitarist and founding member of Japanese experimental rockers OOIOO, died on Sunday. Her former bandmate ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
2
There's Now A 'Tinder For Dogs,' Because Of Course
The comedienne, who goes by the mononym "Davison," said that Tindog not only matches your dog, but matches you, too. Most of her human ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Tyrese talks fast and furious about his ex
His mononym alone elicits rapid heartbeats and quickened pulses among women near and far. I was one lucky enough to get some time with ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
4
Vowelless Album in Tow, Welsh Psych-Rockers Super Furry …
They are, alternately, and per Super Furry parlance, each known by a cuddly mononym: Gruff ("Griff"), Bunf, Guto ("Gitto"), Daf ("Dav"), and Cian ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
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Though at the centre of vie in the entertainment industry, Chinonso Adieme Who records under the mononym “CDiem” (pronounced 'See DM') ... «360Nobs.com, Jul 15»
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'Creed'-Inspired Change.Org Petition Successfully Trolls, Wins Internet
But lost in the outpouring of praise is the fact that the mononym “Creed” already belongs to the now-defunct Christian/Alternative band led by ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
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Max Malanaphy is the queen of our hearts
"It's an audition, that's what I saw most of my Drag Race time as," says Malanaphy, who goes by the mononym Max onstage. "Drag Race helped ... «City Pages, Jun 15»
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'Leepu and Pitbull' a custom-car match made for TV
The London-based Raw had worked with the 46-year-old Leepu -- the mononym by which the designer is known -- on two programs in 2007 ... «Newsday, Jun 15»
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El Javi takes time in the Okanagan
The two-piece is made up of percussionist Jordi Marin and El Javi, who goes by the mononym. “Kind of like Cher, just one name,” he laughed. «Pentiction Western News, Jun 15»
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The Mononymy Trap
Every election seems to crystallize around a theme. It's early yet, but could the theme of 2016 be mononymy? That's the formal term for the use ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mononym [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mononym>. Apr 2024 ».
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