monotone
French, adjective/mɔ.nɔ.tɔn/
monotone is spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monotone is a French adjective meaning “monotone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est toujours sur le même ton, qui n’est pas varié dans ses intonations ou dans ses inflexions”.
What does monotone mean in English?
adjective
- 1
monotone
- 2
whose speech is monotone
- 3
boring due to uniformity or lack of variety; monotonous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est toujours sur le même ton, qui n’est pas varié dans ses intonations ou dans ses inflexions. 2. Qualifie un orateur dont le débit n’est pas varié. 3. Qualifie des choses qui sont uniformes, qui manquent de variété. 4. Qualifie une fonction à une seule variable, continue et uniquement croissante ou décroissante dans un intervalle donné.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of monotone
- monotones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monotone?
- /mɔ.nɔ.tɔn/
- \mɔ.nɔ.tɔn\
- [mɔ.nɔ.tɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monotone
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monotone in French?
monotone appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).