monitor

See also: Monitor and monitör

English

HMS *Marshal Ney*, a **monitor** (warship)

Alternative forms

monitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”). Warship sense is from USS Monitor, the first ship of this type.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tə/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(cot–caught merger, General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/, [ˈmɑ.nɪ.ɾɚ], /ˈmɑ.nə.tɚ/, [ˈmɑ.nə.ɾɚ]
- Audio (Texas): (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.ɪ.tɚ/, [ˈmɒn.ɪ.ɾɚ]
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.ɪ.tə/, [ˈmɔn.ɪ.ɾə]
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.ə.tə/, [ˈmɔ̟n.ə.ɾə]

Noun

monitor (plural monitors)

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.
- 1829, Charles Sprague, To My Cigar:
  And oft, mild friend, to me thou art
  A monitor, though still;
  Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart,
  Beyond the preacher's skill.
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
The information flashed up on the monitor.
A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
(computing) A program for viewing and editing.
a machine code monitor
(computing, dated) The command line interface of an operating system.
(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic in UK) A student leader in a class.
- 1871, Henry William Pullen, The Fight at Dame Europa's School:
  So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors, who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order.
- 1881, Talbot Baines Reed, chapter X, in The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's:
  But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors!
- (Can we date this quote?), Pearl Poon, Class Monitor Election‎^[1], Hong Kong ICAC Comics:
  He learned that a monitor should assist the teachers in distributing worksheets, maintaining class discipline, helping classmates in need and so on.
(nautical) A relatively small armored warship with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat. [from 1862]
A monitor lizard (Varanus spp. and extinct relatives in family Varanidae).
(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring several tools successively into position.
A monitor nozzle.
(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
  You need not be a monitor to your gracious master the king.
- 1873, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, page 119:
  There has been no lack of other monitors — a ticklish haysel, a flooded harvest all through the north […]
(archaic) An ironclad warship with a low freeboard and a rotating turret.
A modern shallow-draft warship for coastal bombardment.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Thai: มอนิเตอร์ (mɔɔ-ní-dtəə)

Translations

someone who watches over something

Arabic: مُرَاقِب m (murāqib), مُرَاقِبَة f (murāqiba)
Bulgarian: надзира́тел (bg) m (nadzirátel)
Catalan: monitor (ca) m
Danish: overvåge (da), aflytte
Dutch: toezichthouder (nl) m
Finnish: valvoja (fi), tarkkailija (fi)
French: moniteur (fr) m, monitrice (fr) f
Galician: monitor (gl) m
German: Aufpasser (de) m, Wächter (de) m
Greek: επιτηρητής (el) n (epitiritís)
Hindi: पर्यवेक्षक m (paryavekṣak)
Hungarian: felügyelő (hu), megfigyelő (hu), ellenőr (hu), (a person on duty) ügyeletes (hu)
Māori: monita
Norman: monniteu m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: مُبْصِر (fa) (mobser)
Portuguese: monitor (pt) m, observador (pt) m
Romanian: monitor (ro) n
Russian: наста́вник (ru) m (nastávnik), наста́вница (ru) f (nastávnica), надзира́тель (ru) m (nadzirátelʹ), надзира́тельница (ru) f (nadzirátelʹnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рѐда̄р m

Latin: rèdār (sh) m
Spanish: monitor (es) m
Swedish: övervakare (sv) c
Ukrainian: спостеріга́ч m (sposteriháč)

computer display

Abkhaz: амонитор (amonitʼor), аекран (ajekʼran)
Albanian: monitor m
Arabic: شَاشَة الْعَرْض f (šāšat al-ʕarḍ), شَاشَة f (šāša)
Armenian: մոնիտոր (hy) (monitor)
Azerbaijani: monitor (az)
Basque: monitore
Belarusian: маніто́р m (manitór), экра́н (be) m (ekrán)
Bengali: মনিটর (bn) (moniṭor)
Bulgarian: мони́тор m (monítor), екра́н (bg) m (ekrán)
Burmese: မော်နီတာ (maunita)
Catalan: monitor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 顯示器 / 显示器 (zh) (xiǎnshìqì)
Czech: monitor (cs) m
Danish: skærm (da) n, billedskærm (da) n, monitor (da) c
Dutch: monitor (nl), beeldscherm (nl)
Esperanto: monitoro
Estonian: monitor (et)
Finnish: näyttö (fi), monitori (fi), näyttöpääte (fi)
French: écran (fr) m, moniteur (fr) m
Galician: monitor (gl) m
Georgian: მონიტორი (moniṭori)
German: Bildschirm (de) m, Monitor (de) m
Greek: οθόνη (el) f (othóni), μόνιτορ (el) n (mónitor)
Hebrew: צָג (he) m (tsag)
Hindi: मॉनिटर (mŏniṭar)
Hungarian: monitor (hu), képernyő (hu)
Icelandic: mænir (is) m, tölvuskjár (is) m, skjár m
Indonesian: layar (id), monitor (id)
Italian: monitor (it) m
Japanese: モニター (ja) (monitā)
Kalmyk: делгец (delgets)
Kazakh: монитор (monıytor)
Khmer: ម៉ូនីទ័រ (mouniitɔə), អេក្រង់ (km) (ʼeekrɑng)
Korean: 모니터 (ko) (moniteo)
Kyrgyz: монитор (ky) (monitor)
Lao: ໜ້າຈໍ (nā chǭ)
Latvian: monitors m
Lithuanian: monitorius m, ekranas m
Macedonian: мо́нитор (mk) m (mónitor)
Malay: pengawas, monitor (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дэлгэц (mn) (delgec), монитор (monitor)
Norman: monniteu m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dataskjerm m

Nynorsk: dataskjerm m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: نَمایِشْگَر (namâyešgar), مانیتور (mânitor)
Polish: monitor (pl) m
Portuguese: monitor (pt) m
Romanian: monitor (ro) n
Russian: монито́р (ru) m (monitór), экра́н (ru) m (ekrán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ѐкра̄н m, мо̀нитор m

Latin: èkrān (sh) m, mònitor (sh) m
Slovak: monitor m
Slovene: monitor m
Southern Altai: монитор (monitor)
Spanish: monitor (es) m
Swedish: bildskärm (sv) m, monitor (sv) c, skärm (sv) c
Tajik: монитор (monitor)
Thai: จอภาพ (jɔɔ-pâap), หน้าจอ (nâa-jɔɔ), มอนิเตอร์ (mɔɔ-ní-dtəə)
Turkish: ekran (tr)
Turkmen: monitor
Ukrainian: моніто́р m (monitór), екра́н m (ekrán)
Urdu: سْکْرِین f (skrīn), مانِیٹَر (mānīṭar)
Uzbek: monitor (uz)
Vietnamese: pháo thuyền (vi), pháo hạm (vi), màn hình (vi)
Volapük: nünömaskrin
Yiddish: מאָניטאָר (monitor)

computing: program for viewing and editing

Danish: computerskærm (da) c, edb-skærm c
Hungarian: -figyelő (hu), -kezelő (hu)
Swedish: monitor (sv) c

student leader

Arabic: عَرِيف m (ʕarīf), عَرِيفَة f (ʕarīfa), مُرَاقِب m (murāqib), مُرَاقِبَة f (murāqiba)
Belarusian: ста́раста m or f (stárasta)
Bulgarian: наста́вник (bg) m (nastávnik)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 班長 / 班长 (baan¹ zoeng²)

Mandarin: 班長 / 班长 (zh) (bānzhǎng)
Finnish: järjestäjä (fi)
French: délégué de classe m, déléguée de classe f
German: Klassensprecher (de) m, Klassensprecherin (de) f
Hungarian: (for a given day) napos (hu), (for a given week) hetes (hu)
Italian: capoclasse m or f, rappresentante di classe m
Japanese: 級長 (ja) (きゅうちょう, kyūchō), 学級委員 (がっきゅういいん, gakkyū iin)
Kazakh: сынып старостасы (sınıp starostası), сынып басы (sınıp bası)
Korean: 반장(班長) (ko) (banjang), 급장(級長) (ko) (geupjang)
Manx: ard-ynseydagh m
Polish: dyżurny (pl) m, dyżurna (pl) f
Russian: ста́роста (ru) m or f (stárosta)
Spanish: delegado de clase (es) m, delegada de clase f
Swedish: monitör c
Tajik: сардори синф (sardor-i sinf)
Thai: หัวหน้าชั้น (hǔua-nâa-chán), หัวหน้าห้อง (hǔua-nâa-hɔ̂ng)
Ukrainian: ста́роста m or f (stárosta)
Vietnamese: trưởng lớp

class of armored warship

Bulgarian: монито́р m (monitór)
Catalan: monitor (ca) m
Czech: monitor (cs) m
Hungarian: kis hadihajó, monitor (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: monitor (no) m

Nynorsk: monitor m
Polish: monitor (pl) m
Swedish: monitor (sv) c

ironclad — see ironclad

monitor lizard — see monitor lizard

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Latin: ^{(please verify)} monitor (la) m

Verb

monitor (third-person singular simple present monitors, present participle monitoring, simple past and past participle monitored)

(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
- 1993, H. Srinivasan, Prevention of Disabilities in Patients with Leprosy: A Practical Guide‎^[2], World Health Organization, page 134:
  Monitoring refers to keeping a watch over patients to ensure that they are practising what they have learnt about disability prevention correctly.
- 1997, Bekir Onursal, Surhid P. Gautam, Vehicular Air Pollution: Experiences from Seven Latin American Urban Centers‎^[3], volumes 23-373, page 239:
  During July 1989-February 1990 ambient SO₂, was monitored using a mobile station in the residential-commercial neighborhood of Copacabana.
- 2002, Mark Baker, Garry Smith, GridRM: A Resource Monitoring Architecture for the Grid, in Manish Parashar (editor), Grid Computing - GRID 2002: Third International Workshop, Springer, LNCS 2536, page 268,
  A wide-area distributed system such as a Grid requires that a broad range of data be monitored and collected for a variety of tasks such as fault detection and performance monitoring, analysis, prediction and tuning.
- 2023 July 7, “UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[4], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
  The NOAA monitors global temperatures and records on a monthly and an annual basis, not daily. […] Various parts of the world have been experiencing heatwaves and on Thursday the EU’s climate monitoring service said the world had experienced its hottest June on record last month.

Synonyms

oversee, supervise, track

Derived terms

monitorable

Translations

watch over, guard — see also control

Albanian: vëzhgoj (sq)
Arabic: رَاقَّبَ (rāqqaba)
Bulgarian: надзиравам (bg) (nadziravam), контролирам (bg) (kontroliram)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監測 / 监测 (zh) (jiāncè)
Dutch: controleren (nl), surveilleren (nl), toezicht houden
Finnish: vahtia (fi), valvoa (fi), tarkkailla (fi)
French: contrôler (fr), surveiller (fr), monitorer (fr)
German: überwachen (de), abhören (de), überprüfen (de), aufpassen (de), kontrollieren (de)
Greek: παρακολουθώ (el) (parakolouthó), εποπτεύω (el) (epoptévo)
Italian: monitorare (it), supervisionare, guardare (it)
Malay: pantau (ms)
Māori: monita, aroturuki
Norwegian: overvåke (no)
Polish: monitorować (pl)
Portuguese: monitorar (pt), monitorizar
Russian: отсле́живать (ru) impf (otsléživatʹ), отследи́ть (ru) pf (otsledítʹ), следи́ть (ru) impf (sledítʹ), проследи́ть (ru) pf (prosledítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: надгледати, nadgledati (sh)
Spanish: monitorear (es), monitorizar (es)
Swedish: övervaka (sv), kontrollera (sv)
Ukrainian: контролюва́ти (uk) impf (kontroljuváty), проконтролюва́ти pf (prokontroljuváty), відсте́жувати impf (vidstéžuvaty), відсте́жити pf (vidstéžyty)
Vietnamese: giám sát (vi)

Anagrams

montoir, tromino

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin monitōrem (“warner”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [mu.niˈtu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [mo.niˈto]
IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.niˈto]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.niˈtoɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

monitor m (plural monitors)

monitor, someone who watches
teacher, educator
Synonym: educador
(computing) monitor, display screen
(nautical) monitor (type of warship)

Derived terms

monitorar

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti

Proto-Italic *moneō

Latin moneō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin monitorder.

Czech monitor

Derived from Latin monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmonɪtor]

Noun

monitor m inan

monitor (computer display)

Declension

Declension of monitor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitory
genitive	monitoru	monitorů
dative	monitoru	monitorům
accusative	monitor	monitory
vocative	monitore	monitory
locative	monitoru	monitorech
instrumental	monitorem	monitory

Related terms

monitorovat

Related terms

monitorovat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English monitor, from Latin monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.niˌtɔr/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧ni‧tor

Noun

monitor m (plural monitors or monitoren, diminutive monitortje n)

screen, display
(audio) speaker boxes for monitoring sound, on stage directed at musicians or aimed at a sound engineer in a studio
(historical) monitor (low-lying ironclad)
(historical) monitor (small coastal warship specialised in shore bombardment)

Derived terms

rammonitor

French

Pronunciation

Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Noun

monitor m (plural monitors)

(nautical, military) monitor (warship)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmonitor]
Hyphenation: mo‧ni‧tor
Rhymes: -or

Noun

monitor (plural monitorok)

(computer hardware) monitor (a device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer)

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitorok
accusative	monitort	monitorokat
dative	monitornak	monitoroknak
instrumental	monitorral	monitorokkal
causal-final	monitorért	monitorokért
translative	monitorrá	monitorokká
terminative	monitorig	monitorokig
essive-formal	monitorként	monitorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	monitorban	monitorokban
superessive	monitoron	monitorokon
adessive	monitornál	monitoroknál
illative	monitorba	monitorokba
sublative	monitorra	monitorokra
allative	monitorhoz	monitorokhoz
elative	monitorból	monitorokból
delative	monitorról	monitorokról
ablative	monitortól	monitoroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	monitoré	monitoroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	monitoréi	monitorokéi

Possessive forms of *monitor*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	monitorom	monitoraim, monitorjaim
2nd person sing.	monitorod	monitoraid, monitorjaid
3rd person sing.	monitora, monitorja	monitorai, monitorjai
1st person plural	monitorunk	monitoraink, monitorjaink
2nd person plural	monitorotok	monitoraitok, monitorjaitok
3rd person plural	monitoruk, monitorjuk	monitoraik, monitorjaik

References

^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English monitor, from Latin monitor (“warner”), from perfect passive participle monitus (“warning”), from verb monere (“to warn, admonish, remind”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /moˈnitor/ [moˈni.t̪ɔr]
Rhymes: -itor
Syllabification: mo‧ni‧tor

Noun

monitor (plural monitor-monitor)

monitor
1. someone who watches over something
  Synonym: (more common) pemantau
2. (computing) computer display
3. a device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something
  1. (medicine) vital signs monitor
4. (engineering) a tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret
  1. monitor nozzle
monitoring; surveillance or continuous or regular observation
Synonyms: pemantauan, pemonitoran, (colloquial) monitoring

Verb

monitor

to monitor; basic/imperative/informal of memonitor
Synonym: pantau

Conjugation

Conjugation of monitor (meng-, transitive)
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
root	monitor

	active	reflective¹	ordinary	basic imperative	emphatic jussive
	ordinary
nominative	memonitor	termonitor	dimonitor	monitor	monitorlah
accusative / dative / locative	memonitori	termonitori	dimonitori	monitori	monitorilah
perfective causative / applicative²	memonitorkan	termonitorkan	dimonitorkan	monitorkan	monitorkanlah
	causative
nominative	–	–	–	–	–
accusative / dative / locative	–	–	–	–	–
perfective causative / applicative²	–	–	–	–	–

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

memonitor (“to monitor”)
memonitori (“to monitor”)
pemonitor (“to monitor”)
pemonitoran (“monitoring”)
termonitor (“monitored”)

monitor digital
monitor kinerja

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ni.tor/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɔnitor
Hyphenation: mò‧ni‧tor

Noun

monitor m (invariable)

monitor (apparatus)

References

^ “monitor” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

rimonto, rimontò

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti

Proto-Italic *moneō

Latin moneō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin monitor

From moneō + -tor. Compare Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”) and Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.nɪ.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.ni.tor]

Noun

monitor m (genitive monitōris); third declension

counselor, preceptor
prompter, warner

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitōrēs
genitive	monitōris	monitōrum
dative	monitōrī	monitōribus
accusative	monitōrem	monitōrēs
ablative	monitōre	monitōribus
vocative	monitor	monitōrēs

Descendants

Catalan: monitor
English: monitor
German: Monitor
Italian: monitore
Portuguese: monitor
Russian: монито́р (monitór)
Spanish: monitor

References

“monitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“monitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay

Etymology

From English monitor, from Latin monitor.

Noun

monitor (Jawi spelling مونيتور, plural monitor-monitor)

(computing) monitor (computer display)
- 2015 August 24, Nurhayati Abllah, “Monitor lengkung Acer begitu 'trendy' [The Acer curved monitor is so 'trendy']”, in Berita Harian‎^[5], archived from the original on 26 August 2026:
  Luaran monitor model juga kelihatan lebih premium dan menarik dengan panel belakang berkilat dengan kemasan aluminium futuristik sebagai penegak.
  The exterior of the monitor model also appears more premium and attractive, featuring a glossy back panel with futuristic aluminum casing as a stand.

Synonyms

pengawas

Polish

monitor sense 1

monitor sense 3

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti

Proto-Italic *moneō

Latin moneō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin monitorlbor.

Polish monitor

Learned borrowing from Latin monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔˈɲi.tɔr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -itɔr
Syllabification: mo‧ni‧tor
Homophone: Monitor

Noun

monitor m inan (related adjective monitorowy)

(computer hardware) monitor, screen (output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form)
Hypernym: urządzenie
official magazine or news program having the word “monitor” in the title in which resolutions and orders of state authorities are published
Hypernym: czasopismo
(military) monitor (one of a class of relatively small armored warships with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat)
Hypernym: okręt

Declension

Declension of *monitor*
	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitory
genitive	monitora	monitorów
dative	monitorowi	monitorom
accusative	monitor	monitory
instrumental	monitorem	monitorami
locative	monitorze	monitorach
vocative	monitorze	monitory

Derived terms

verbs

monitorować impf
zmonitorować pf

Related terms

adjectives

monitorialny
monitoringowy

nouns

monitoring
monitorium
monitorstwo
monitorzysta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈtoʁ/ [mo.niˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈtoʁ/ [mo.niˈtoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.niˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.niˈto.ɾi/

Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧ni‧tor

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti

Proto-Italic *moneō

Latin moneō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin monitōremlbor.

Portuguese monitor

Learned borrowing from Latin monitōrem.

Noun

monitor m (plural monitores, feminine monitora, feminine plural monitoras)

monitor (someone who watches over something)
monitor lizard (lizard of the genus Varanus)
Synonyms: varano, lagarto-monitor

Derived terms

monitorar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English monitor.

Noun

monitor m (plural monitores)

(computing) monitor (computer display)
Synonyms: ecrã, (Brazil) tela

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monitor.

Noun

monitor n (plural monitoare)

monitor

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	monitor	monitorul	monitoare	monitoarele
genitive-dative	monitor	monitorului	monitoare	monitoarelor
vocative	monitorule		monitoarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mǒnitor/
Hyphenation: mo‧ni‧tor

Noun

mònitor m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling мо̀нитор)

(computing, medicine, broadcasting, inanimate) monitor (screen for displaying information, or a device for monitoring a condition, equipped with such a screen)
(computing, inanimate, dated) monitor (command-line program for controlling the operating system)
(nautical, inanimate) monitor (shallow-draft warship for operating in rivers or near the shore)
(animate) monitor (person in charge of monitoring others, e.g. children or teenagers)

Declension

inanimate

Declension of *monitor*
	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitori
genitive	monitora	monitora
dative	monitoru	monitorima
accusative	monitor	monitore
vocative	monitoru / monitore	monitori
locative	monitoru	monitorima
instrumental	monitorom	monitorima

animate

Declension of *monitor*
	singular	plural
nominative	monitor	monitori
genitive	monitora	monitora
dative	monitoru	monitorima
accusative	monitora	monitore
vocative	monitoru / monitore	monitori
locative	monitoru	monitorima
instrumental	monitorom	monitorima

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti

Proto-Italic *moneō

Latin moneō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin monitorlbor.

Spanish monitor

Learned borrowing from Latin monitor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moniˈtoɾ/ [mo.niˈt̪oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: mo‧ni‧tor

Noun

monitor m (plural monitores)

monitor (electronic device)
Synonym: pantalla

Noun

monitor m (plural monitores, feminine monitora, feminine plural monitoras)

instructor, monitor
coach, trainer
Synonym: entrenador

English

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Malay

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