name
Meaning 1
A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Mons
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɒnz/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒnz
name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: palmistry
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of mons pubis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- Olympus Mons
- Maxwell Montes
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noun
Meaning 7
plural of MON
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 8
a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mons veneris, mons pubis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adipose tissue, fat, fatty tissue
History
Etymology
Shortened form
Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: Bergen — city
- French: Mons — city
- Korean: 몽스 (mongseu) — city
- Marathi: माँस (mŏusa) — city
- Walloon: Mont — city
- Finnish: kukkula — fleshy area at the base of fingers
- Finnish: vuori — astronomy: mountain on a planet or moon