mon

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /mɑn/ UK /mɒn/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like man /æ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like moan /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Meanings

1

noun
a man or fellow, in dialectal or informal address

Take it easy, mon, there's no need to rush.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a man or fellow, in... man fellow chap bloke guy

Word family

Related forms man

Etymology

A dialectal and informal pronunciation variant of man, especially in Scots, northern English, and Caribbean English; ultimately from Old English mann ('person, man'), from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

mann Old English *mann- Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Register & Style General Vocabulary

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# mon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /mɑn/
**IPA (UK):** /mɒn/

## Meanings
1. a man or fellow, in dialectal or informal address

## Examples
- Take it easy, mon, there's no need to rush.

## Synonyms
- man
- fellow
- chap
- bloke
- guy

## Related Forms
- man

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mann
- Root: *mann-

## Etymology
A dialectal and informal pronunciation variant of man, especially in Scots, northern English, and Caribbean English; ultimately from Old English mann ('person, man'), from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

## AI Etymology
Mon is a dialectal and informal pronunciation variant of man, especially in Scots, northern English, and Caribbean English; ultimately from Old English mann ('person, man'), from Proto-Germanic *mann-. The etymological trail includes Old English mann, Proto-Germanic *mann-. The same word family includes man. Its current noun use means "a man or fellow, in dialectal or informal address".

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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