monotone

C2+ Topic:Communication
US /ˈmɑnəˌtoʊn/ UK /ˈmɒnəˌtəʊn/
noun adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a single unvaried tone or pitch in speech or sound

    He read the report in a dull monotone.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a single unvaried tone or... dronemonotonysameness
Word family
Derived forms monotonousmonotonicmonotonously
Related forms tonemonotony

Etymology

From Late Latin monotonus, from Ancient Greek monotonos ('of one tone'), from monos ('single') + tonos ('tone, pitch'), from teinein ('to stretch').

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