Definition
A railway system that runs on a single rail or track, usually elevated above the ground, often used in cities for rapid transportation.
Etymology
From 'mono-' (one) plus 'rail.' The word was coined in the late 1800s to describe early single-rail transportation systems; many were patented but few were built until the 1950s.
Kelly Says
Monorails were supposed to be the future—the 1960s Simpsons joke about Springfield's monorail mocks the real utopian dreams Americans had about them, but they turned out to be expensive and inflexible compared to subways!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ሞን孤ራይል
mo-n-go-rai-l
ARالعربية
سكك حديدية أحادية
sikka hadidiyyah ahadiyyah
CACatalà
monorail
mon-o-rail
CSČeština
monorail
mon-o-rail
DADansk
monorail
mon-o-rail
DEDeutsch
Monorail
mo-no-rail
ELΕλληνικά
μονόδρομος
mono-dro-mos
ESEspañol
monorriel
mon-o-ree-el
FAفارسی
مونorail
mon-o-rail
FISuomi
monorail
mon-o-rail
FRFrançais
monorail
mon-o-ray
HEעברית
רכבת יחידה
re-khav-yit-ya-chid-ah
HIहिन्दी
एक-ट्रैक ट्रेन
ek-traak train
HUMagyar
monorail
mon-o-rail
IDBahasa Indonesia
monorail
mon-o-rail
ITItaliano
monorotaia
mono-ro-ta-ya
KKKK
монорельс
mono-rel-s
KMKM
រថយន្តមូល
rath-yan-t-mool
MSBahasa Melayu
monorail
mon-o-rail
MYမြန်မာ
မိုနိုရိုင်
mo-no-roi-ng
NLNederlands
monorail
mon-o-rail
NONorsk
monorail
mon-o-rail
PLPolski
monorail
mon-o-rail
PTPortuguês
monorrail
mon-o-rai-l
RORomână
monorail
mon-o-rail
RUРусский
монорельс
mono-rel-s
SVSvenska
monorail
mon-o-rail
SWKiswahili
monorail
mon-o-rail
TAதமிழ்
மொனோரெயில்
mo-no-reyil
TEతెలుగు
మోనోరైల్
mo-no-rail
THไทย
รถไฟ monorail
rot fai monorail
TRTürkçe
monoray
mon-o-ray
UKУкраїнська
монорейка
mono-reyka
URاردو
مونو ریل
monu rail
VITiếng Việt
đường sắt đơn ray
duong sat don ray
ZH中文
单轨列车
dān guǐ liè chē