mon

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the second day of the week; the first working day
noun a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand
noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon

From Japanese 文 (mon).

“There, you see, mon cher! — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
"Ye're no' a mon, neither. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
Mons. Turn'd to earth, alive! — Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois, George Chapman

Monday

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