WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mon•o•chord
(mon′ə kôrd′),USA pronunciation n.
- Music and Dancean acoustical instrument dating from antiquity, consisting of an oblong wooden sounding box, usually with a single string, used for the mathematical determination of musical intervals.
- Greek monóchordon, noun, nominal use of neuter of monóchordos with one string. See mono-, chord1
- Medieval Latin monochordum
- late Middle English monocorde 1375–1425