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mon

UK/mɒn/US/mɑn/

mon noun: the former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.

Noun (1)

mon (plural mons or 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.1902, Walter Del Mar, Around the World Through Japan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., page 136
  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.

Noun (2)

mon

  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.1974, “A Mon Like Thee”, in Best o't' Bunch, performed by The Oldham Tinkers
    • I am a Black Country mon. Yow dow know and the Brummies woh understond.2020, “Black Country Mon”performed by Johnny Cole

Noun (3)

mon (plural mons)

  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...2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, 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.2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet)
  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...2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet)
    • And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned^([sic]) of it :-)2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet)

Interjection

(chiefly Scotland)

  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!'2011 September 1, Alan Bissett, Pack Men, Hachette UK, →ISBN
    • Narrator: Jack's a Celtic fan.
      Jack: Mon the hoops!2014 April 14, Martin Travers, Scarfed For Life: 2nd edition, A&C Black, →ISBN
  3. (Scotland) An expression of defiance or as a challenge; often as "mon then"

Symbol

mon

  1. (Scotland) month
    • 12 yr 4 mon 17 d

Noun (4) capitalized: Mon

Mon (plural Mons)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Monday.

Noun (5) capitalized: Mon

Mon (plural Mons or Mon)

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mon

Mon

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

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mon

Mon

  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?2009, Paulo Quaglio, Television Dialogue: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation, page 19

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Mon

Mon

  1. A district of Nagaland, India.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: MON

MON

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Moncton.

Noun (6) capitalized: MON

MON (plural MONs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of motor octane number.

mon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

mon in Hindi

मोन

mon in Tamil

மோன்

mon in Marathi

मोन

mon in Telugu

మోన్, మొన్
More languagesFewer languages
mon in Malayalam
മോൻ, മോൺ
mon in Kannada
ಮೊನ್
mon in Punjabi
ਮੋਨ
mon in Gujarati
મોન
mon in Odia
ମୋନ୍
mon in Nepali
मोन

Examples of mon in a sentence

  • And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (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.2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime and U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
  • I caught sight of a lake of faces chanting 'Mon the Biff!2022 April 19, Ian Winwood, Bodies: Life and Death in Music, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

All 40 example sentences with mon

Synonyms of mon

Forms of mon

pluralmons
pluralmon
alternative form'mon
pluralMons
pluralMon
pluralMONs

Plural of mon: mons or mon

Origin of mon

From Japanese 文 (mon).

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

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

Phrases with mon

Words that rhyme with mon

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Questions about mon

What does mon mean?
Mon means the former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.
What is mon in Hindi?
Mon in Hindi is मोन. See Mon meaning in Hindi.
How do you use mon in a sentence?
And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.
What part of speech is mon?
Mon can be a noun, an interjection, a symbol or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mon?
Mon is pronounced /mɑn/ (US).
What is the plural of mon?
The plural of mon is mons.

Words near mon in the dictionary

  1. momzer
  2. momzerim
  3. momzers
  4. momzilla
  5. momzillas
  6. mon
  7. Mon State
  8. mon-
  9. Mon-Khmer
  10. mon.
  11. mona

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mon (page history and authors); Mon (page history and authors); MON (page history and authors); mon (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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