mont

See also: Mont. and mønt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

Pronunciation

Noun

mont (plural monts)

  1. mount; mountain.

Derived terms


Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French montre.

Noun

mont

  1. watch; clock

Breton

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *monij. Cognate with Welsh mynd and Cornish mos, mones.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃nt/

Verb

mont

  1. (intransitive) to go

Inflection

Conjugation

Personal forms
IndicativeConditionalImperative
PresentImperfectPreteriteFuturePresentImperfect
1sanaenisinafenajen-
2sezaesejoutiafesajeskae (n'a in the negative)
3sa, yaae, yaeeas, yeasay, aio, yeloafe, yafeaje, yajeaet
1peompaempejompaimpafempajempeomp, deomp
2pitaec'hejoc'heotafec'hajec'hit, kit
3peontaentejontaintafentajentaent
0eeraedejodeorafedajed-
Impersonal formsMutated forms
Infinitive: mont, monet
Present participle: o vont
Past participle: aet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)
Soft mutation after a: a ya-
Mixed mutation after e: ez a-
Soft mutation after ne/na: n'a-

Derived terms

  • mont en-dro
  • mont kuit

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (mountain).

Pronunciation

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

  1. mount, mountain

Derived terms

Further reading


French

Etymology

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (mountain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: monts, mon

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

  1. (Used in certain geographic names) mountain, mount, mont
  2. (In the plural) the Alps.

Further reading


Friulian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

  1. mountain, mount

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔn̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

  1. boasting, bragging
  2. conceit, arrogance

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • monthani (boaster, braggart)
  • montrass (boaster, braggart)
  • monta (to boast, to brag)
  • montinn (boastful; conceited, arrogant)

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

  1. mountain, mount

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m

  1. mouth (opening in the head)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: mond
  • Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

  • mont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • mont (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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.

Noun

mont m

  1. mount

Synonyms

  • montanheta
  • puèg

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. mountain
Descendants

Etymology 2

See monde

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of monde

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mõnt]

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 ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.
      On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.
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