monte
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)
- (uncountable, card games) A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
- Hyponym: three-card monte
- (countable, Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural montes)
Chavacano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte
Corsican[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural monti)
Synonyms[edit]
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French montant; equivalent to a deverbal of the modern verb monter (“to mount, go up”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte f (plural montes)
Verb[edit]
monte
- inflection of monter:
Further reading[edit]
- “monte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]


Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese monte, mõte, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural montes)
- mountain, mount; large hill
- wilderness; uncultivated land
- 1466, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 516:
- britaredes o monte que esta por vritar en as ditas leyras, et prantarlos edes de vina
- you'll break the wilderness that is pending on that plots, and you'll plant it with vines
- britaredes o monte que esta por vritar en as ditas leyras, et prantarlos edes de vina
- Synonym: mato
- 1466, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 516:
- heap, pile
- (figuratively) a large quantity
- 2002, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 10:
- Mentres soportaba o habitual atoamento de tránsito da mañá, non tivo máis remedio que decatarse de que parecía haber un monte de xente vestida de forma rara.
- As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about.
- Synonym: mundo
Derived terms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “monte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “monte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “monte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
monte
- to rise
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte (plural montes)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural monti)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
monte
References[edit]
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese monte, from Latin montem.
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural montes)
- mount; a mountain or large hill
- pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)
- (usually in um monte de (“a lot of”)) heap; load; pile (a great amount of something)
- (inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy
- (Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings
Usage notes[edit]
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 Evereste, Monte Aconcágua.
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: monti
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
monte
- inflection of montar:
Seychellois Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
monte
References[edit]
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
monte m (plural montes)
- mountain, mount
- hill
- forest, wilderness
- (Mexico) desert
- (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
- (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds
- Synonyms: maleza, mala hierba
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
monte
- inflection of montar:
Further reading[edit]
- “monte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/onte
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- it:Geomorphology
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onte
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- Spanish singularia tantum
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- es:Landforms