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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmonotony
/məˈnɒtəni/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Lack of variety and interest; tedious repetition and routine.
"She wanted to escape the monotony of her daily office job."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: via late Latin from Greek monotonía, from monotonos 'sounding in one tone'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "monotony" is said worldwide
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monotonie
Transliteration: monotonie
"Il faut briser la monotonie de cette routine."
Monotonie
Transliteration: Monotonie
"Sie versuchte, der Monotonie des Alltags zu entfliehen."
monotonia
Transliteration: monotonia
"Il viaggio ha rotto la monotonia della settimana."
monotonía
Transliteration: monotonía
"Necesito unas vacaciones para romper la monotonía."
monotonia
Transliteration: monotonia
"A leitura ajuda a aliviar a monotonia."
एकरसता
Transliteration: ekrasata
"हमें जीवन की एकरसता को तोड़ना चाहिए।"
单调
Transliteration: dāndiào
"旅行打破了日常生活的单调。"
단조로움
Transliteration: danjoroum
"그는 일상의 단조로움에 지쳐 있었다."
単調さ
Transliteration: tantousa
"彼女はその仕事の単調さに耐えられなかった。"
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