Montréal

See also: Montreal and Mont-real

English

Proper noun

Montréal

1. Alternative spelling of Montreal: an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada.

Usage notes

This is the official spelling.

Derived terms

• Montréaler

Anagrams

• loan term, morantel

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Montreal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain, Mont Royal, named 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 as Monte Real.

Pronunciation

• (France, Belgium) IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.ʁe.al/

• Audio (France):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /mõ.ʁe.al/, /mõ.ʁjal/, /mɔ.ʁe.al/, /mɔ.ʁjal/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Montréal ?

1. Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)
2. Montréal (a commune of Ardèche department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
3. Montréal (a commune of Aude department, Occitania, France)
4. Montréal (a commune of Gers department, Occitania, France)
5. Montréal (a commune of Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

Derived terms

• melon de Montréal
• montréalais
• Montréalais

Descendants

• English: Montreal

Anagrams

• lameront

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔntʁeˈaːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Montréal n (proper noun, genitive Montréals or (optionally with an article) Montréal)

1. Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Italian

Proper noun

Montréal ?

1. Alternative form of Montreal: Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Anagrams

• montarle

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French Montréal.

Proper noun

Montréal

1. Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Alternative forms

• Montreal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French Montréal.

Proper noun

Montréal

1. Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Alternative forms

• Montreal

Portuguese

Proper noun

Montréal f

1. Alternative form of Montreal: Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Romanian

Proper noun

Montréal n

1. Alternative form of Montreal: Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Spanish

Proper noun

Montréal ?

1. Alternative form of Montreal: Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)