Monotone — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an unchanging intonation

a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɑːnətˌoʊn/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɒnətˌəʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɒnətˌəʊn/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɑːnətˌoʊn/.

Examples

the owl's faint monotonous hooting

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flat monotonous drone monotonic droning

Antonyms

nonmonotonic

Parts of Speech

noun	an unchanging intonation
noun	a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
adjective	of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch “the owl's faint monotonous hooting”

Word Forms

monotone	adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
monotonic	adjective	sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
drone	verb	talk in a monotonous voice
flatness	noun	a want of animation or brilliance
monotone	noun	an unchanging intonation

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

monoton

eine unveränderliche Intonation

🇪🇸Spanish

monótono

una entonación inmutable

🇮🇹Italian

monotono

un'intonazione immutabile

🇳🇱Dutch

monotoon

een onveranderlijke intonatie

🇵🇹Portuguese

monótono

uma entonação imutável

🇷🇺Russian

монотонный

неизменная интонация

India

🇮🇳Hindi

एक लय

एक अपरिवर्तनीय स्वर

🇧🇩Bengali

একঘেয়ে

একটি অপরিবর্তনীয় স্বর

🇮🇳Tamil

மோனோடோன்

ஒரு மாறாத ஒலிப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

మోనోటోన్

మారని స్వరం

🇮🇳Marathi

मोनोटोन

एक न बदलणारा स्वर

🇮🇳Gujarati

એકવિધ

એક અપરિવર્તનશીલ સ્વર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಏಕತಾನತೆ

ಬದಲಾಗದ ಸ್ವರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഏകതാനം

ഒരു മാറ്റമില്ലാത്ത സ്വരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਨੋਟੋਨ

ਇੱਕ ਨਾ ਬਦਲਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਧੁਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

یک رنگ

ایک نہ بدلنے والا لہجہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

单调

不变的语调

🇯🇵Japanese

単調

変わらないイントネーション

🇰🇷Korean

단조

변함없는 억양

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đều đều

một ngữ điệu không thay đổi

🇹🇭Thai

โมโนโทน

น้ำเสียงที่ไม่เปลี่ยนแปลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

nada datar

intonasi yang tidak berubah

🇲🇾Malay

monoton

intonasi yang tidak berubah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

روتيني

تجويد لا يتغير

🇮🇷Persian

یکنواخت

یک آهنگ بدون تغییر

🇹🇷Turkish

monoton

değişmeyen bir tonlama

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוֹנוֹטוֹנִיוּת

אינטונציה בלתי משתנה

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