adj
Meaning 1
Having a single channel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monaural
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
monophonic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈfɒnɪk/
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General-American: /ˌmɑnəˈfɑnɪk/
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rhymes with -ɒnɪk
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CMU ARPABET: M AA2 N AH0 F AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having a single melodic line and no harmony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- Near-synonym: monodic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: homophonic, monophonous, monodic
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
consisting of a single melodic line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: polyphonic
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mono, single-channel
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From mono- + -phonic. Compare Ancient Greek μονόφωνος (monóphōnos, “with only one voice or tone”)
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: monofònic — having a single channel
- Finnish: yksiääninen — having a single channel
- Finnish: monofoninen — having a single channel
- French: monophonique — having a single channel
- Greek: μονοφωνικός (monofonikós) — having a single channel
- Irish: monafónach — having a single channel
- Irish: aonfhónach — having a single channel
- Italian: monofonico — having a single channel
- Polish: monofoniczny — having a single channel
- Portuguese: monofónico — having a single channel
- Portuguese: monofônico — having a single channel
- Spanish: monofónico — having a single channel
- Finnish: yksiääninen — having a single melodic line and no harmony
- Finnish: monofoninen — having a single melodic line and no harmony
- French: monophonique — having a single melodic line and no harmony
- Irish: monafónach — having a single melodic line and no harmony
- Irish: aonfhónach — having a single melodic line and no harmony
- Polish: jednogłosowy — having a single melodic line and no harmony