Monte Carlo

See also: Monte-Carlo and Montecarlo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Mónte Càrlo (literally “Mount Charles”). Named after Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818–1889).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mŏn′tē kär′lō
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˌmɒn.tiː ˈkɑː.ləʊ̯/, (conservative) /ˌmɔːn.tiː ˈkɑː.ləʊ̯/
• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌmɑn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (standard) /ˌmɒn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/, (dialectal) /ˌmɑn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn.tiː ˈkɐː.ləʉ̯/, /ˌmɔn.tiː ˈkɐː.lɐʉ̯/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒn.tiː ˈkɐː.lɐʉ̯/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn.ti ˈkaɹ.lo/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn.ʈiː ˈkɑː(ɾ).loː/
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te Car‧lo

Proper noun

Monte Carlo

2. A ward of Monaco, Europe, famous for its casinos.
4. (statistics) Ellipsis of Monte Carlo method.
   • 2004 July 27, F. Keith Barker et al., “Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation”, in PNAS, page 11040, column 2:

     The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains.

Derived terms

• MCTS
• Monte Carlo algorithm
• Monte Carlo fallacy
• Monte Carlo integration (“a method of numerical integration”)
• Monte Carlo method (“a class of computational algorithms”)
• Monte Carlo option model (“an option valuation model using Monte Carlo methods”)
• Monte Carlo tree search

Translations

a part of Monaco

• Asturian: Montecarlu (ast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙特卡洛 (zh) (Méngtèkǎluò), (Macao, Taiwan) 蒙地卡羅 / 蒙地卡罗 (zh) (Méngdìkǎluó)

• Czech: Monte Carlo (cs) n
• Esperanto: Montekarlo
• French: Monte-Carlo (fr) m
• German: Monte-Carlo (de) n
• Ido: Montekarlo
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• Italian: Mónte Càrlo f, Móntecàrlo f
• Japanese: モンテカルロ (Montekaruro)
• Korean: 몬테카를로 (Montekareullo)
• Ligurian: Mont-Carlu
• Occitan: Montcarles
• Polish: Monte Carlo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Monte Carlo (pt) m
• Russian: Мо̀нте-Ка́рло m (Mòntɛ-Kárlo)
• Slovak: Monte Carlo n
• Spanish: Montecarlo (es) m
• Uyghur: مونتە كارلو (monte karlo)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Monte Carlo method — see Monte Carlo method

Noun

Monte Carlo (plural Monte Carlos)

1. A commonly served drink consisting of beer and grenadine.
2. An informal dance competition, where contestants in one quarter of the floor are eliminated by a randomly drawn card representing the corner.

Translations

a drink

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an informal dance competition

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Further reading

• “Monte Carlo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌmon.tɛ ˈkar.lo]

• Hyphenation: Mon‧te Car‧lo

Proper noun

Monte Carlo n

1. Monte Carlo (a ward of Monaco, Europe)

Declension

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Italian

Wikinews ^it

Etymology

Literally, “Mount Charles”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmon.te ˈkar.lo/
• Hyphenation: Món‧te‧Càr‧lo

Proper noun

Monte Carlo m

1. Monte Carlo (a ward of Monaco, Europe)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.tɛ ˈkar.lɔ/

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• Syllabification: Mon‧te Car‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Mónte Càrlo.

Proper noun

Monte Carlo n (indeclinable)

1. Monte Carlo (a ward of Monaco, Europe)

   Pierwsze kasyno w Monte Carlo powstało w 1857 roku.

   The first casino in Monte Carlo was established in 1857.

2. Monte Carlo (a mountain in San Marino, Europe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese Monte Carlo.

Proper noun

Monte Carlo n (indeclinable)

1. a municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America

Further reading

• Monte Carlo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Monte Carlo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Monte Carlo in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaʁ.lu/ [ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaɦ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaʁ.lu/ [ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaɦ.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaɾ.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaʁ.lu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi ˈkaɻ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.te ˈkaʁ.lo/ [ˈmõ.te ˈkaɦ.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tɨ ˈkaɾ.lu/

• Hyphenation: Mon‧te Car‧lo

Proper noun

Monte Carlo m

1. a municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America

Slovak

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnte karlɔ/, [ˈmɔnte ˈkarlɔ]
• Hyphenation: Mon‧te Car‧lo

Proper noun

Monte Carlo n

1. Monte Carlo (a ward of Monaco, Europe)

Declension

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