mount

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English

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -aʊnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English munt, from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); from a root seen also in eminere (“to put out”).

Noun

mount (plural mounts)

1. A mountain, as in Mount Everest
2. An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on, unlike a draught horse

   The rider climbed onto his mount.

3. The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division

   The General said he has 2,000 mounts.

4. A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted, as the post is the mount on which the mailbox is installed

Translations

mountain

Armenian: լեռ (hy) (leṙ), սար (hy) (sar) Dutch: berg (nl) m. Finnish: vuori (fi) French: mont (fr) m. German: Berg (de) m. Hungarian: hegy (hu)

Italian: monte (it) m. Norwegian: fjell (no) n., berg (no) n. Polish: góra (pl) f. Portuguese: monte (pt) m. Russian: Гора (ru) (gorá) f. Spanish: monte (es) m.

horse

Dutch: rijpaard n. Esperanto: selĉevalo (eo) Finnish: ratsu (fi) French: monture (fr) f.

Polish: wierzchowiec m. Portuguese: montaria f. Spanish: montura (es) f.

rider in cavalry

Dutch: ruiter (nl) m. Finnish: ratsu (fi) French: cavalier (fr) m.

German: Reiter (de) m. Portuguese: cavaleiro (pt) m. Spanish: caballería (es) f.

a mounting

Finnish: tuki (fi)

Spanish: montura (es) f., soporte (es) m.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter.

Verb

mount (third-person singular simple present mounts, present participle mounting, simple past and past participle mounted)

1. To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.

   The rider mounted his horse.

2. To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post
3. (computing) To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.
4. To get on top of an animal to mate.
5. (slang) to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.
6. To begin a military assault

   The General gave the order to mount the attack.

7. (obsolete) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

• dismount
• demount
• unmount

Translations

climb up/on; to ride

Armenian: ելնել (hy) (elnel), բարձրանալ (hy) (barjranal) Dutch: beklimmen (nl) Finnish: kiivetä (fi), nousta (fi) French: chevaucher (fr) German: besteigen (de)

Hungarian: felszáll (hu) Norwegian: bestige (no) Polish: dosiąść Portuguese: montar (pt) Spanish: montar (es), trepar (es), ascender (es), escalar (es), subir (es) Swedish: bestiga (sv) Telugu: ఎక్కు (ekku)

attach an object

Dutch: monteren (nl) Estonian: kinnitama (et) Finnish: kiinnittää (fi) German: befestigen (de), anbringen (de)

Hungarian: csatol (hu) Norwegian: montere (no) Romanian: monta (ro) Spanish: montar (es), instalar (es) Swedish: montera (sv)

Computing, attach drive or device

Finnish: liittää (fi) Norwegian: montere (no) Portuguese: montar (pt)

Spanish: montar (es), configurar (es), instalar (es)

get on top of an animal to mate

German: bespringen (de), besteigen (de), decken (de)

Norwegian: bestige (no) Spanish: montar (es) Swedish: bestiga (sv)

to have sexual intercourse with someone, something

German: bespringen (de), besteigen (de) Italian: montare (it)

Norwegian: bestige (no) Spanish: montar (es)

begin a military assault

Finnish: järjestää (fi)

Spanish: montar (es), desplegar (es)

Related terms

• amount
• mountain
• paramount
• surmount

External links

• mount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mount in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• mount at OneLook Dictionary Search