mons

See also Mons

English

Etymology

From Latin mōns (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɒnz/

Noun

mons (plural montes)

1. (obsolete, palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
2. The pubic mound or mons pubis. In human anatomy or in mammals in general, the mons pubis (Latin for "pubic mound"), also known as the mons veneris (Latin, mound of Venus) or simply the mons, is the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone of adult females, anterior to the pubic symphysis. The mons pubis forms the anterior portion of the vulva.
3. (astronomy, geology) Used by planetary geologists to refer to mountains or extinct volcanoes on planets and moons.

   Olympus Mons (Mars)

   Maxwell Montes (Venus).

Anagrams

• nMOS

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French

Noun

mons m

1. Plural form of mon

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“mountain”). (cf. Old Irish monid, Breton menez, Cornish meneth, Welsh mynydd).

Noun

mōns (genitive montis); m, third declension

1. mountain

Inflection

Third declension, variation of i-stem base with two consonants (3:B2C).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōns	montēs
genitive	montis	montium
dative	montī	montibus
accusative	montem	montēs 1
ablative	monte	montibus
vocative	mōns	montēs

¹ May also be montīs.

Derived terms

• montānus
• montuōsus

Descendants

Aromanian: munte Catalan: muntanya French: montagne, mont Friulian: montagne, mont Italian: montagna, monte Occitan: montanha

Portuguese: montanha, monte Romanian: munte Romansch: muntagna Sicilian: muntagna Spanish montaña, monte

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Swedish

Noun

mons

1. definite genitive singular of mo