montagne

See also: Montagne

French

Etymology

From Middle French montaigne, from Old French montaigne, from non-standard Late Latin montania (“mountain”), a substantivization of the feminine of montanius (“mountainous”), itself a 'vulgar' alteration of Classical Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.taɲ/

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• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun

montagne f (plural montagnes)

1. mountain

Derived terms

• arnica des montagnes
• déplacer des montagnes
• faire une montagne d'une taupinière
• fenouil de montagne
• lion des montagnes
• montagnais
• montagnard
• montagnes russes
• montagneux
• montagnol
• si la montagne ne va pas à toi, va à la montagne

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mangeont

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Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montānia, montānea, feminine of *montānius, montāneus (“mountainous”), alteration of Latin montānus, from mōns (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Noun

montagne f (plural montagnis)

1. mountain

Related terms

• mont
• montagnûl
• montagnôs

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtaɲ.ɲe/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲe
• Hyphenation: mon‧tà‧gne

Noun

montagne f

1. plural of montagna

Anagrams

• mantengo