monte

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See also: Monte and monté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)

  1. (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
  2. (countable, Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mount (mountain?)

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

  1. mountain

French

Pronunciation

Noun

monte f (plural montes)

  1. copulation, mating season

Verb

monte

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

Further reading

Galician

Monte Louro ("Mount Louro")
Montes nevados (snowy mountains)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount; large hill
  2. 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
    Synonym: mato
  3. heap, pile
    Synonyms: montón, morea, rima
  4. (figurative) 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

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References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”)

Verb

monte

  1. to rise

Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

  1. mountain

Interlingue

Noun

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  1. mountain

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

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

Synonyms

Related terms

Noun

monte f

  1. plural of monta

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) monte

  1. ablative singular of mōns

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French monter

Verb

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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Verb

monte

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French monter

Verb

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonte/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪e]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount
  2. hill
  3. forest, wilderness
  4. (Mexico) desert
  5. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
  6. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds
    Synonyms: maleza, mala hierba
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

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