mont

See also: Mont. and mønt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

Pronunciation

• Homophones: mon, monts

Noun

mont (plural monts)

1. mount; mountain.

Derived terms

• Mont Blanc

Related terms

• mount
• mountain

 

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Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French montre.

Noun

mont

1. watch; clock

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Breton

Alternative forms

• moned

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *monij. Cognate with Welsh mynd and Cornish mos, mones.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃nt/

Verb

mont

1. (intransitive) to go

Inflection

  Mutation of mont  

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mont	vont	unchanged	unchanged	vont

Conjugation

Conjugation of mont

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	an	aen	is	in	afen	ajen	-
2s	ez	aes	ejout	i	afes	ajes	kae (n'a in the negative)
3s	a, ya	ae, yae	eas, yeas	ay, aio, yelo	afe, yafe	aje, yaje	aet
1p	eomp	aemp	ejomp	aimp	afemp	ajemp	eomp, deomp
2p	it	aec'h	ejoc'h	eot	afec'h	ajec'h	it, kit
3p	eont	aent	ejont	aint	afent	ajent	aent
0	eer	aed	ejod	eor	afed	ajed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		mont, monet			Soft mutation after a		a ya-
Present participle		o vont			Mixed mutation after e		ez a-
Past participle		aet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)			Soft mutation after ne/na		n'a-

Derived terms

• mont en-dro
• mont kuit

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɔn]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmɔnt]

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mount, mountain

Derived terms

• Montseny
• Montserrat

Related terms

• muntanya

Further reading

• “mont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/

• Audio

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• Homophones: monts, mon

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. (Used in certain geographic names) mountain, mount, mont
2. (In the plural) the Alps.

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.

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount

Related terms

• montagne

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥t/
• Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

1. boasting, bragging
2. conceit, arrogance

Synonyms

• (boasting): gort, grobb, raup, sjálfshól
• (conceit): yfirlæti

Derived terms

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

Related terms

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

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

1. mountain, mount

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m

1. mouth (opening in the head)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: mond
• 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

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Middle English

Noun

mont

1. Alternative form of mount

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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”)

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m

1. mount

Synonyms

• montanheta
• puèg

Related terms

• montanha

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin montem, accusative of 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

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Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mõnt]

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 ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.

     On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.