monte

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See also: Monte and monté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)

  1. (uncountable, card games) A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
    Hyponym: three-card monte
  2. (countable, Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

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Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mount; mountain

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

  1. mountain

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

  1. (geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount
  2. heap, pile
  3. pool, fund (of money); bank

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French montant; equivalent to a deverbal of the modern verb monter (“to mount, go up”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃t/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

monte f (plural montes)

  1. copulation, mating season

Verb

monte

  1. inflection of monter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Galician

Monte Louro ("Mount Louro")
Montes nevados (snowy mountains)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monte m, from Latin montem m. Compare Portuguese monte m.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount; large hill
  2. wilderness; uncultivated land
    • 1466, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 516:
      britaredes o monte que esta por vritar en as ditas leyras, et prantarlos edes de vina
      you'll break the wilderness that is pending on that plots, and you'll plant it with vines
    Synonym: mato
  3. heap, pile
    Synonyms: montón, morea, rima
  4. (figurative) a large quantity
    • 2002, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 10:
      Mentres soportaba o habitual atoamento de tránsito da mañá, non tivo máis remedio que decatarse de que parecía haber un monte de xente vestida de forma rara.
      As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about.
    Synonym: mundo
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References

  • “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “monte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “monte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “monte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

monte

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”).

Pronunciation

Verb

monte

  1. to rise

Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

  1. mountain

Italian

Etymology

From Latin montem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.te/
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Hyphenation: món‧te

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

  1. (geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount
  2. heap, pile
  3. pool, fund (of money); bank

Synonyms

Related terms

Noun

monte f

  1. plural of monta

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

monte m

  1. ablative singular of mōns

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French monter.

Verb

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin montem m.

Noun

monte m

  1. hill

Descendants

  • Galician: monte m
  • Portuguese: monte m (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): ,
  • Hyphenation: mon‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monte m, from Latin montem m. Compare Galician monte m.

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mount; a mountain or large hill
    Synonyms: montanha (“mountain”), morro (“large hill”)
  2. pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)
    Synonyms: pilha, amontoado
  3. (usually in um monte de (“a lot of”)) heap; load; pile (a great amount of something)
    Synonyms: amontoado, pilha, penca
    Eu conheco um monte de gente. ― I know a lot of people.
  4. (inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy
  5. (Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings
Usage notes

Monte is usually used in reference to elevations smaller than montanhas (“mountains”). However, monte (and not montanha) is used in the full title of mountains regardless of size: Monte Evereste, Monte Aconcágua.

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Descendants
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: monti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monte

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French monter.

Verb

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonte/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Syllabification: mon‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin montem.

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount
  2. hill
    Synonyms: cerro, loma, collado
  3. forest, wilderness
    Synonyms: bosque, floresta, selva, foresta
  4. (Mexico) desert
    Synonyms: desierto, peladero
  5. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
    Synonym: maleza
  6. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds
    Synonym: mala hierba
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monte

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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