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monorail

UK/ˈmɒnəɹeɪl//ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/

monorail noun: a railroad system where the trains run on one rail.

monorail: a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
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Noun

monorail (plural monorails)

  1. a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
  2. a train running on a single rail

monorail meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malay and Indonesian

monorail in Tamil

ஒற்றைத் தண்டவாளப் பாதை, ஒற்றைத் தண்டவாளம்

monorail in Urdu

یک پٹری

monorail in Malay

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
monorel

monorail in Indonesian

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
monorel
More languagesFewer languages
monorail in Vietnamese
đường một rầy

Forms of monorail

pluralmonorails

Plural of monorail: monorails

Origin of monorail

Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- + rail.

Questions about monorail

What does monorail mean?
Monorail means a railroad system where the trains run on one rail.
What is monorail in Tamil?
Monorail in Tamil is ஒற்றைத் தண்டவாளப் பாதை, ஒற்றைத் தண்டவாளம். See Monorail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is monorail?
Monorail is a noun.
How do you pronounce monorail?
Monorail is pronounced /ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/ (US).
What is the plural of monorail?
The plural of monorail is monorails.

Words near monorail in the dictionary

  1. monorace
  2. monoracial
  3. monoraciality
  4. monoracially
  5. monoradicular
  6. monorail
  7. monorailroad
  8. monorailroads
  9. monorails
  10. monorailway
  11. monorailways

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monorail (page history and authors); monorail (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monorail (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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