monte

See also: Monte and monté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”), referring to the stack of unplayed cards.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒnti/
• Rhymes: -ɒnti

Noun

monte

1. (card games) a game in which 3 or 4 cards are dealt face-up and players bet which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt
2. (Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

Anagrams

• Monet, Moten, mento, mento-

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmon.te]

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount (mountain?)

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

1. mountain

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃t/

Noun

monte f (plural montes)

1. copulation, mating season

Verb

monte

1. inflection of monter:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “monte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.tɪ/

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount

Related terms

• montaña

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”)

Verb

monte

1. to rise

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Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

1. mountain

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Interlingue

Noun

monte

1. mountain

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• mónte, IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

1. mountain, mount
2. heap, pile
3. pool, fund (of money); bank

Synonyms

• montagna

Related terms

• montagna
• montano
• montare
• Montenegro
• montuoso
• montecchio

Noun

monte f

1. plural of monta

Anagrams

• mento

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Latin

Noun

monte

1. ablative singular of mōns

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈmõ.tɪ], [ˈmõ.tʲ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.te/, [ˈmõ.te], [ˈmõ.tɪ]
• Hyphenation: mon‧te

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount; a mountain or large hill

   Synonyms: montanha (mountain), morro (large hill)

2. pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)

   Synonyms: pilha, amontoado

3. (usually in um monte de (“a lot of”)) heap; load; pile (a great amount of something)

   Eu conheco um monte de gente. ― I know a lot of people.

   Synonyms: amontoado, pilha, penca

4. (inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy
5. (Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings

Usage notes

Monte is usually used in reference to elevations smaller than montanhas (“mountains”). However, monte (and not montanha) is used in the full title of mountains regardless of size: Monte Everest, Monte Aconcágua.

Derived terms

• montinho, montículo (diminutives)
• montão (augmentative)
• amontoar

Related terms

Terms related to monte

• desmontar
• montado

• montanha
• montante

• montar

Verb

monte

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of montar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of montar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of montar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of montar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/, [ˈmõn̪t̪e]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
3. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds

Derived terms

• montero
• montesino

Related terms

• montaña
• montar

• montículo
• montón

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

monte

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of montar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of montar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of montar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of montar.

Further reading

• “monte” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.