mone

See also: Mone, móne, and møne

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone, imone, from Old English gemāna (community, company, society, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation), from Proto-Germanic *gamainô (community), from Proto-Indo-European *moini- (common, collective).

Noun

mone (countable and uncountable, plural mones)

  1. (obsolete) Communion; participation; companionship.
  2. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
  3. (archaic) A companion.

Etymology 2

From Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (to admonish), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (to admonish), Dutch manen (to admonish), German mahnen (to remind, admonish, urge).

Verb

mone (third-person singular simple present mones, present participle moning, simple past and past participle moned)

  1. (transitive) To admonish; advise; explain.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (to admonish)) of *mine (mind), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (to remember). More at mind.

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. Mind; preference.

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Bavarian

Etymology

From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).

Noun

mone

  1. (Sappada, Sauris) moon

References

  • “mone” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Latin

Verb

monē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of moneō

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mān, from Proto-Germanic *mainō.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːn

Noun

mone

  1. A lamentation
  2. A moan, complaint
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English mōna, in turn from Proto-Germanic *mēnô; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The sense of the word as silver is the result of its astrological association with the planet.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːn(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -oːn(ə)

Noun

mone (plural mones or monen)

  1. (astronomy) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens; the Moon.
  2. (rare) A white, precious metal; silver.
    • 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland.
      Tak j quarter oz of the sone and di. of the mone purgyd, And mak of both thes sotyl powder lymal.
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Volapük

Noun

mone

  1. dative singular of mon
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