monte

See also: Monte and monté

English

Etymology

Borrowing 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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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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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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. (by extension, idiomatic) much, many, a lot / lots of

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

Synonyms

• (mountain): montanha
• (a lot): muito, muita

Related terms

• montanha
• montar
• muito

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): /ˈmon.te/

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

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.