Montreal

See also: Montréal and Mont-real

English

A panorama of Montreal.

Alternative forms

• (official) Montréal

Etymology

From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”) (mont +‎ royal), after the nearby hill by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian Monte Real.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑntɹiˈɔl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/, /ˌmɔ̃ɹeɪˈæl/

  • Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Proper noun

Montreal

1. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
   1. A river port, the largest city in Quebec, Canada.

      Synonym: City of Montreal

   2. An island in Quebec, Canada, on which the city is situated.

      Synonyms: Island of Montreal, Montreal Island

      Coordinate term: 514

   3. Ellipsis of Montreal Archipelago.; An archipelago on the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, which contains the island.

      Synonym: Hochelaga Archipelago

   4. An administrative region of Quebec, Canada, containing the island.

      Synonyms: Montreal Region, Region of Montreal, Region 6, Region 06

   5. A metropolitan area in Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.

      Hyponyms: Montreal Metropolitan Community, Montreal Urban Community, Agglomeration of Montreal, Greater Montreal Area, Greater Montreal, Metro Montreal

   6. (historical) A former county of Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.

      Synonyms: County of Montreal, Montreal County

   7. A district of Quebec, Canada, containing the county.

      Synonyms: District of Montreal, Montreal District

      1. (judicial) A judicial district in Quebec, Canada
      2. (historical) A former administrative district in Quebec, Canada
   8. (historical) A district of Quebec, British North America
   9. (historical) A district of Canada, New France
2. A river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada.
3. A river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.
4. A river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.
6. A small city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
7. A river on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States.
8. A river in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.

Synonyms

• Mtl., Mtl, MTL; (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Montrealer
• Montreal-style
• Montreal bagel
• Montreal smoked meat
• Montreal staircase

• Montreal North
• Montreal South
• Montreal East
• Montreal West
• Old Montreal

Translations

a city in Quebec

• Arabic: مُونْتْرِيَال m (montreāl)
• Armenian: Մոնրեալ (Monreal)
• Belarusian: Манрэа́ль m (Manreálʹ)
• Bulgarian: Монреа́л m (Monreál)
• Catalan: Mont-real m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 滿地可／满地可 (mun⁵ dei⁶ ho²), 满地可 (mun⁵ dei⁶ ho²)

  Mandarin: 蒙特利爾／蒙特利尔 (zh) (Méngtèlì'ěr), 蒙特利尔 (zh) (Méngtèlì'ěr), 蒙特婁／蒙特娄 (Méngtèlóu), 蒙特娄 (Méngtèlóu), 滿地河／满地河, 满地河 (Mǎndìhé), 蒙城 (zh) (Méngchéng) (short form)

• Esperanto: Montrealo
• Finnish: Montreal (fi)
• French: Montréal (fr) m

  Middle French: Place Royale, Ville Marie

• Georgian: მონრეალი (monreali)
• German: Montreal (de) n, Montréal (de) n
• Greek: Μόντρεαλ (el) (Móntreal), Μονρεάλη (Monreáli)
• Haitian Creole: Monreyal
• Hebrew: מונטריאול
• Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियल (mŏnṭriyal)
• Interlingua: Montreal
• Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᕆᐊᓪ (monrial), ᒧᓐᑐᕆᐋᓪ (montoriaal)
• Italian: Montreale f
• Japanese: モントリオール (Montoriōru), モンレアル (Monrearu)
• Korean: 몬트리올 (ko) (Monteuriol)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Mons Rēgius m, Mōns Rēgālis m, Marianopolis m
• Latvian: Monreāla
• Laurentian: Tutonaguy
• Lithuanian: Monrealis
• Macedonian: Монтреа́л m (Montreál)
• Norman: Mountriyal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Montréal, Montreal

  Nynorsk: Montréal, Montreal

• Ojibwe: Mooniyaang
• Ottawa: Moon'yaang
• Persian: مونترال
• Polish: Montreal (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Montreal f, Montréal f
• Romanian: Montreal n
• Russian: Монреа́ль (ru) m (Monreálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монтреал m

  Roman: Montreal (sh) m

• Spanish: Montreal (es) m
• Thai: มอนทรีออล (mɔn-trii-ɔ̂l)
• Turkish: Montreal
• Ukrainian: Монреа́ль m (Monreálʹ)
• Vietnamese: Mông-rê-an, Montréal
• Yiddish: מאָנטרעאָל (montreol), מאָנטרעאַל (montreal)

an island in Quebec

• French: Montréal (fr)

  Middle French: Montreal

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Laurentian: Hochelaga

Anagrams

• loan term, morantel

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔntʁeˈaːl]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Montreal n (proper noun, genitive Montreals or (optionally with an article) Montreal)

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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Middle French

Etymology

mont +‎ real; The island was named after the mountain located on it, mont Royal, which was named by Jacques Cartier.

Proper noun

Montreal

1. An island in the Saint Lawrence River, in modern Canada, at its confluence with the Ottawa River.

Descendants

• English: Montreal

• French: Montréal

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montreal, from French Montréal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain by Jacques Cartier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈtrɛ.al/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛal
• Syllabification: Mon‧tre‧al

Proper noun

Montreal m inan

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Declension

Declension of Montreal

	singular
nominative	Montreal
genitive	Montrealu
dative	Montrealowi
accusative	Montreal
instrumental	Montrealem
locative	Montrealu
vocative	Montrealu

Derived terms

adjective

• montrealski

 

Further reading

• Montreal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Montreal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montréal.

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔntreal]

Proper noun

Montreal m (genitive singular Montrealu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

References

• “Montreal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montɾeˈal/ [mõn̪.t̪ɾeˈal]

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)