monde

English

Wikipedia

the monde is the ball below the cross

Etymology

From French.

Noun

monde

1. A ball-like object, located near the top of a crown, symbolizing the globe.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of A. Drummond to this entry?)

See also

• globus cruciger

References

• monde in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Afrikaans

Noun

monde

1. Plural form of mond

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɔ̃d/, X-SAMPA: /mO~d/

Etymology 1

From Latin mundus (“world”).

Noun

monde m (plural mondes)

1. world

   Chacun a le droit de vivre sur le monde.

   Everyone has the right to live in the world.

2. people

   Le monde m'agace quelquefois. - People annoy me sometimes.

   La salle était noire de monde.

Related terms

• le monde entier
• mondial
• tiers-monde
• tout le monde

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus (“pure; clean”).

Adjective

monde (masculine and feminine, plural mondes)

1. (archaic) pure; clean

Antonyms

• immonde

Anagrams

• démon

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Guaraní

Verb

monde

1. dress

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Italian

Adjective

monde f pl

1. feminine plural of mondo

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Middle French

Etymology 1

Old French < Latin mundus.

Noun

monde m (plural mondes)

1. the world

Etymology 2

Old French < Latin mundus.

Adjective

monde m and f (plural mondes)

1. clean; pure

Descendants

• French: monde

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Old French

Etymology 1

Latin mundus.

Noun

monde m (oblique plural mondes, nominative singular mondes, nominative plural monde)

1. the world

Etymology 2

Latin mundus.

Adjective

monde m, f

1. clean; pure

Descendants

• French: monde

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Spanish

Verb

monde (infinitive mondar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mondar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mondar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mondar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mondar.