monticule

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

monticule (plural monticules)

Alternative form of monticle

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin monticulus, diminutive of mons (“mountain”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.ti.kyl/

Noun[edit]

monticule m (plural monticules)

mound, hillock
(baseball) mound

Further reading[edit]

“monticule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

monticule

vocative singular of monticulus

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