monotonous

English

Etymology

monotone +‎ -ous

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: mə-nŏtʹən-əs, IPA^(key): /məˈnɑtənəs/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: mə-nŏtʹən-əs, IPA^(key): /məˈnɒtənəs/
Hyphenation: mo‧not‧o‧nous

Adjective

monotonous (comparative more monotonous, superlative most monotonous)

Having an unvarying tone or pitch.
Tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

having an unvarying tone or pitch

Catalan: monòton
Czech: monotónní (cs)
Danish: enstonig, monoton (da)
Dutch: monotoon (nl), eentonig (nl)
Finnish: yksitoikkoinen (fi), monotoninen (fi)
German: monoton (de)
Greek: μονότονος (el) (monótonos)
Hebrew: מונוטוני‎ (monotóni)
Hungarian: egyhangú (hu), monoton (hu)

Irish: (of speech) aontonach
Italian: monocorde
Polish: monotonny (pl) m
Portuguese: monótono (pt)
Russian: моното́нный (ru) (monotónnyj), однозву́чный (ru) (odnozvúčnyj), одното́нный (ru) (odnotónnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: aon-ghuthach
Spanish: monótono (es)
Swedish: entonig, monoton (sv)

tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety

Arabic: مُمِلّ‎ (mumill)
Catalan: monòton
Cebuano: puol, sumo, sum-ol
Czech: monotónní (cs), neměnný m, ztrnulý m, fádní, jednotvárný (cs) m, nudný (cs) m
Danish: ensformig, monoton (da)
Dutch: monotoon (nl), eentonig (nl), saai (nl)
Finnish: yksitoikkoinen (fi), monotoninen (fi)
German: monoton (de), eintönig (de), abwechslungslos

Greek: μονότονος (el) (monótonos), ανιαρός (el) (aniarós)
Hungarian: egyhangú (hu), monoton (hu)
Italian: monotono (it)
Portuguese: monótono (pt)
Russian: моното́нный (ru) (monotónnyj), однообра́зный (ru) (odnoobráznyj), ску́чный (ru) (skúšnyj)
Spanish: monótono (es)
Swedish: enformig (sv)
Westrobothnian: aindjaing, äjnjäng

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French: ^{(please verify)} monotone (fr), ^{(please verify)} ennuyeux (fr)
Greek: μονότονος (monótonos)
Japanese: 単調な (たんちょうな, tanchō na)
Korean: 단조로운 (danjoroun)

Latin: ^{(please verify)} monotonus
Mandarin: 单调 (dāndiào)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} monoton (sv)

Anagrams

ontonomous

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