mont

See also: Mont, Mont., Mǫnt, and mønt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒn/, /mɒ̃(n)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophones: mon, monts

Noun

mont (plural monts)

1. mount; mountain. (Can we add an example for this sense? )

Derived terms

• Mont Blanc

Related terms

• mount
• mountain

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French montre.

Noun

mont

1. watch; clock

Breton

Alternative forms

• moned

Etymology

Suppletive verb; verbal noun from Proto-Brythonic *monetu (compare Welsh mynd, Cornish mones), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *mon-ī- (compare Middle Irish muinithir (“goes around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes (“will come”), Lithuanian mi̇̀nti (“to trample, scutch”)). Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti (“to drive”) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸel- (“to approach, drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō (“strike, drive”), Epic Greek πίλναμαι (pílnamai, “approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃nt/

Verb

mont

1. (intransitive) to go

Inflection

Mutation of mont

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mont	vont	unchanged	unchanged	vont

Conjugation

Conjugation of mont

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	an	ez	a, ya	eomp	it	eont	eer
	preterite	is	ejout	eas, yeas	ejomp	ejoc'h	ejont	ejod
	imperfect	aen	aes	ae, yae	aemp	aec'h	aent	aed
	future	in	i	ay, aio, yelo	aimp	eot	aint	eor
subjunctive	present	afen	afes	afe, yafe	afemp	afec'h	afent	afed
	imperfect	ajen	ajes	aje, yaje	ajemp	ajec'h	ajent	ajed
imperative		—	kae (n'a in the negative)	aet	eomp, deomp	it, kit	aent	—
non-finite forms		present participle		past participle
		o vont		aet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)

Derived terms

• mont en-dro
• mont kuit

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmon]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmont]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Homophones: món, mon, Mon, Mont

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. (archaic or toponyms) mount, mountain

   Synonyms: munt, muntanya

Derived terms

• Montseny
• Montserrat

Related terms

• muntanya

References

• “mont”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mont”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mont” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mont” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Noun

mont m (plural monden, diminutive montje n)

1. obsolete spelling of mond

Franco-Provençal

Noun

mont (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of mondo (“world”)

References

• mont in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mŭndus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 218

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mont, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: monts, mon

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount, mont
2. (in the plural) the Alps

Derived terms

• à contre-mont
• mont-de-piété
• par monts et par vaux
• promettre monts et merveilles

(proper nouns):

• Mont Blanc
• Montparnasse
• monts Oural
• monts San Francisco

Related terms

• amont
• monceau
• montagne
• monter
• monticule
• montueux
• promontoire

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount

Related terms

• montagne

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

1. boasting, bragging

   Synonyms: gort, grobb, raup, sjálfshól

2. conceit, arrogance

   Synonym: yfirlæti

Declension

Declension of mont (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mont	montið
accusative	mont	montið
dative	monti	montinu
genitive	monts	montsins

Derived terms

• monthani (“boaster, braggart”)
• montrass (“boaster, braggart”)

Related terms

• monta (“to boast, to brag”)
• montinn (“boastful; conceited, arrogant”)

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mont”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd̥]
• Rhymes: -ont
• Hyphenation: mont

Determiner

mont (+ partitive)

1. alternative form of monta
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Mont sahhaaja? Mont tööläist?

     How many sawyers? How many workers?

Determiner

mont

1. alternative form of monta

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont f (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount, plateau

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin mons. Cognates include Italian monte and French mont.

Noun

mont m

1. mountain

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch munt, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

mont m or f

1. mouth (opening in the head)

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	mont	monde
accusative	mont	monde
genitive	monts	monde
dative	monde	monden

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	mont	monde
accusative	mont	monde
genitive	mont, monde	monde
dative	mont, monde	monden

Descendants

• Dutch: mond, (obsolete) mondt, mont
  • Afrikaans: mond
  • Javindo: mon
  • Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
  • Petjo: mon
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
• Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

• “mont”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “mont (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Noun

mont

1. alternative form of mount

Norman

Etymology

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. (Jersey, geography) hill

Derived terms

• mont ès minnes (“slag heap”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

mont m

1. mount

Synonyms

• montanheta
• puèg

Related terms

• montanha

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mōns. Doublet with montaigne.

Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

1. mountain

Descendants

• French: mont
• Norman: mont (Jersey)

Etymology 2

See monde.

Noun

mont oblique singular, m (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

1. alternative form of monde

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmont/

Noun

mont m (plural montes)

1. apocopic form of monte; a mountain or hill
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:

     Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt.

     It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin mons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muŋt/

Noun

mont m

1. mount, mountain

Romanian

Etymology

From bont.

Noun

mont n (plural monturi)

1. bunion

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mont	montul		monturi	monturile
genitive-dative	mont	montului		monturi	monturilor
vocative	montule			monturilor

Turkish

Etymology

Clipping of montogomer or montkemer (which may itself be a folk etymology with kemer (“belt”)), ultimately named after British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mont/

Noun

mont (definite accusative mondu, plural montlar)

1. coat

   Synonym: palto

Declension

Declension of mont

	singular	plural
nominative	mont	montlar
definite accusative	mondu	montları
dative	monda	montlara
locative	montta	montlarda
ablative	monttan	montlardan
genitive	mondun	montların

References

• Nisanyan, Sevan (2002-) "https://www.nisanyansozluk.com/kelime/mont", in Nisanyan Sözlük