No. 10,672 in French

mono

Instructor or coach (often for sports or activities).

In a sentence

Le disque vinyle mono révèle un son rétro.
The mono vinyl record reveals a retro sound.
Here, 'mono' is used as an abbreviation for 'monophonic', referring to sound recorded or heard with a single channel, commonly seen in vintage audio formats.
J'ai acheté un vélo mono pour mes exercices de coordination.
I bought a unicycle for my coordination exercises.
In this sentence, 'mono' is part of 'mono vélo', indicating an object with a single component — in this case, a unicycle, emphasizing 'mono-' as a prefix for 'one'.
Le professeur de physique a utilisé un exemple mono-modal pour l'expérience.
The physics teacher used a mono-modal example for the experiment.
The word 'mono' here implies something singular, as part of 'mono-modal', which denotes a single mode or method, often applied in theoretical or technical contexts.

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