Montpellier

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɒnˈpɛlieɪ/, /mɒnˌpɛliˈeɪ/

Proper noun

Montpellier

  1. A city, the capital of the Hérault department, Occitanie, France, formerly the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mōns (“mountain”) Pessulanus, Pestellarius, pislerius, pistillarius, variant of pastellus (“woad, dye”).

The municipality of Québec is named after postmaster Louis Beaulieu, dit Montpellier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.pɛ.lje/ ~ /mɔ̃.pe.lje/, (sometimes proscribed) /mɔ̃.pə.lje/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mont‧pel‧lier
  • Rhymes: -e

Proper noun

Montpellier m

  1. Montpellier (a city in the Hérault department, Occitania, France)
  2. A municipality of Papineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.

Derived terms

References

  • Parker (1832): The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, Volume 13

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montpellier.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.pe.liˈe(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõ.t͡ʃi.peˈlje(ʁ)/ , /mõt͡ʃ.pe.liˈe(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõt͡ʃ.peˈlje(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.pe.liˈe(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõ.t͡ʃi.peˈlje(ɾ)/, /mõt͡ʃ.pe.liˈe(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõt͡ʃ.peˈlje(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.pe.liˈe(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõ.t͡ʃi.peˈlje(ʁ)/ , /mõt͡ʃ.pe.liˈe(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõt͡ʃ.peˈlje(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mõt͡ʃ.pe.liˈe(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõt͡ʃ.peˈlje(ɻ)/, /mõ.t͡ʃi.pe.liˈe(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /mõ.t͡ʃi.peˈlje(ɻ)/
 

Proper noun

Montpellier f

  1. Montpellier (a city, the regional capital of Languedoc-Roussillon, France)
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