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- Frenchmonorail
- Englishmonorail
Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- + rail.
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Catalan monorail
- monoraila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Chinese Mandarin 單軌鐵路 /单轨铁路, 單軌火車 /单轨火车
- 單軌鐵路 /单轨铁路 (dānguǐ tiělù)a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- 單軌火車 /单轨火车 (dānguǐ huǒchē)a train running on a single rail
Dutch monorail
- monoraila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Finnish yksiraiteinen, kohorata
- yksiraiteinena railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- kohorataa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monoraila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- yksiraiteinena train running on a single rail
- kohoratajunaa train running on a single rail
- monorailjunaa train running on a single rail
French monorail, wagon monorail
- monoraila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- wagon monoraila train running on a single rail
German Einschienenbahn
- Einschienenbahna railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Greek μονοτροχιόδρομος
- μονοτροχιόδρομος (monotrochiódromos)a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Icelandic einteinungur, einteinslest
- einteinungura train running on a single rail
- einteinslesta train running on a single rail
Indonesian monorel
- monorela railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Japanese モノレール
- モノレール (monorēru)a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Korean 모노레일
- 모노레일 (monoreil)a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Malay monorel
- monorela railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Norwegian Bokmål énskinnebane
- énskinnebanea railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Polish kolej jednoszynowa, kolej jednoszynowa
- kolej jednoszynowaa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- kolej jednoszynowaa train running on a single rail
Portuguese monotrilho, monocarril
- monotrilhoa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monocarrila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monotrilhoa train running on a single rail
- monocarrila train running on a single rail
Romanian monoșină
- monoșinăa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Russian моноре́льс
- моноре́льс (monorélʹs)a train running on a single rail
Spanish monorraíl, monorriel
- monorraíla railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monorriela railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monocarrila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- monorraíla train running on a single rail
- monorriela train running on a single rail
- monocarrila train running on a single rail
Swedish monorail, enskensbana
- monoraila railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- enskensbanaa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
- balkbanaa railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Turkish monoray
- monoraya railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Ukrainian монорейкова дорога
- монорейкова дорога (monorejkova doroha)a railroad system where the trains run on one rail
Vietnamese đường một rầy
- đường một rầya railroad system where the trains run on one rail
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APA
monorail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monorail
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“monorail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monorail. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monorail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monorail.
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