mont

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒn/, /mɒ̃(n)/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophones: mon, monts

Noun

mont (plural monts)

1. mount; mountain.

Derived terms

• Mont Blanc

Related terms

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French montre.

Noun

mont

1. watch; clock

Breton

Alternative forms

• moned

Etymology

Suppletive verb; verbal noun from Proto-Brythonic *monetu (compare Welsh mynd, Cornish mones), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *mon-ī- (compare Middle Irish muinithir (“goes around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes (“will come”), Lithuanian mìnti (“to trample, scutch”)). Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti (“to drive”) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸel- (“to approach, drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō (“strike, drive”), Epic Greek πίλναμαι (pílnamai, “approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃nt/

Verb

mont

1. (intransitive) to go

Inflection

Conjugation

Derived terms

• mont en-dro
• mont kuit

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

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• Homophones: món, mon, Mon, Mont

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. (archaic or toponyms) mount, mountain

   Synonyms: munt, muntanya

Derived terms

• Montseny
• Montserrat

Related terms

• muntanya

References

• “mont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mont”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mont” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mont” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mont, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/

• Audio

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• Homophones: monts, mon

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount, mont
2. (in the plural) the Alps

Derived terms

(proper nouns):

Related terms

Further reading

• “mont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount

Related terms

• montagne

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

1. boasting, bragging
2. conceit, arrogance

Synonyms

• (boasting): gort, grobb, raup, sjálfshól
• (conceit): yfirlæti

Derived terms

• monthani (“boaster, braggart”)
• montrass (“boaster, braggart”)

Related terms

• monta (“to boast, to brag”)
• montinn (“boastful; conceited, arrogant”)

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/,
• Rhymes: -ont
• Hyphenation: mont

Determiner

mont (+ partitive)

1. Alternative form of monta
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Mont sahhaaja? Mont tööläist?

     How many sawyers? How many workers?

Determiner

mont

1. Alternative form of monta

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mont f (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount, plateau

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin mons. Cognates include Italian monte and French mont.

Noun

mont m

1. mountain

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch munt, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

mont m

1. mouth (opening in the head)

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: mond, mont
  • Afrikaans: mond
  • Javindo: mon
  • Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
  • Petjo: mon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
• Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

• “mont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “mont (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

mont

1. Alternative form of mount

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. (Jersey, geography) hill

Derived terms

• mont ès minnes (“slag heap”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mont m

1. mount

Synonyms

• montanheta
• puèg

Related terms

• montanha

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns. Doublet with montaigne.

Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

1. mountain

Descendants

• French: mont
• Norman: mont (Jersey)

Etymology 2

See monde

Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

1. Alternative form of monde

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmont/

Noun

mont m (plural montes)

1. Apocopic form of monte; a mountain or hill.
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:

     Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt.

     It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin mons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muŋt/

Noun

mont m

1. mount, mountain

Romanian

Etymology

From bont.

Noun

mont n (plural monturi)

1. bunion

Declension