monotony
Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of varietyTedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
» I’m sick of the everyday monotony.
Ich bin die Monotonie des Alltags leid.
Ich habe die Monotonie des Alltags satt.
Meaning
3 sensesTedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
Eintönigkeit, Monotonie
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
The property of a monotonic function.
Monotonie
The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
Examples
9 sentencesI’m sick of the everyday monotony.
deIch bin die Monotonie des Alltags leid.
Art breaks the monotony of our life.
I’m done with the monotony of life.
What can we do to relieve the monotony?
ruЧто можно сделать, чтобы скрасить это однообразие?
I was bored with the monotony of daily life.
ruЯ изнывал от однообразия обыденной жизни.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía,From French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).
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Forms
plural: monotonies| Singular | monotony |
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