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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French mont .
Pronunciation
Noun
mont (plural monts )
mount ; mountain.
Derived terms
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French montre .
Noun
mont
watch ; clock
Breton
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
Verb
mont
( intransitive ) to go
Inflection
Conjugation
Conjugation of mont
Personal forms
Indicative
Conditional
Imperative
Present
Imperfect
Preterite
Future
Present
Imperfect
1s
an
aen
is
in
afen
ajen
-
2s
ez
aes
ejout
i
afes
ajes
kae (n'a in the negative)
3s
a, ya
ae, yae
eas, yeas
ay, aio, yelo
afe, yafe
aje, yaje
aet
1p
eomp
aemp
ejomp
aimp
afemp
ajemp
eomp, deomp
2p
it
aec'h
ejoc'h
eot
afec'h
ajec'h
it, kit
3p
eont
aent
ejont
aint
afent
ajent
aent
0
eer
aed
ejod
eor
afed
ajed
-
Impersonal forms
Mutated forms
Infinitive
mont, monet
Soft mutation after a
a ya-
Present participle
o vont
Mixed mutation after e
ez a-
Past participle
aet (auxiliary verb: bezañ )
Soft mutation after ne/na
n'a-
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan mont , from Latin montem .
Pronunciation
Noun
mont m (plural monts )
( archaic or toponyms ) mount , mountain
Synonyms: munt , muntanya
Derived terms
References
Franco-Provençal
Noun
mont ( Old Beaujolais , Old Dauphinois )
Alternative form of mondo ( “ world ” )
References
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mont , from Latin montem .
Pronunciation
Noun
mont m (plural monts )
mountain , mount , mont
( in the plural ) the Alps
Derived terms
( proper nouns ) :
Further reading
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin montem , accusative of mōns .
Pronunciation
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Noun
mont m (plural monts )
mountain , mount
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
mont n (genitive singular monts , no plural )
boasting , bragging
Synonyms: gort , grobb , raup , sjálfshól
conceit , arrogance
Synonym: yfirlæti
Declension
Declension of mont (sg-only neuter )
Derived terms
monta ( “ to boast, to brag ” )
montinn ( “ boastful; conceited, arrogant ” )
References
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024 ), “mont ”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection ] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Ingrian
Pronunciation
Determiner
mont (+ partitive )
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
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 )
mountain , mount , plateau
Lombard
Etymology
From Latin mons . Cognates include Italian monte and French mont .
Noun
mont m
mountain
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch munt , from Proto-Germanic *munþaz .
Noun
mont m
mouth (opening in the head)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Further reading
Middle English
Noun
mont
Alternative form of mount
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mont , from Latin montem , accusative of mōns .
Noun
mont m (plural monts )
( Jersey , geography ) hill
Derived terms
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Latin montem , accusative of mōns .
Pronunciation
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Noun
mont m
mount
Synonyms
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 )
mountain
Descendants
Etymology 2
See monde
Noun
mont oblique singular , m (oblique plural monz or montz , nominative singular monz or montz , nominative plural mont )
Alternative form of monde
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
mont m (plural montes )
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
Noun
mont m
mount , mountain
Romanian
Etymology
From bont .
Noun
mont n (plural monturi )
bunion
Declension