monto

See also: Monto, montó, montò, and möntö

Esperanto

monto

Etymology

From Italian mónte and French mont, both from Latin mōns, montis. Compare English mount. Doublet of munti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonto/

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• Rhymes: -onto
• Syllabification: mon‧to
• Hyphenation: mont‧o

Noun

monto (accusative singular monton, plural montoj, accusative plural montojn)

2. (geography) mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

   Moseo renkontis Dion sur monto kie li ricevis la Dekalogon.

   Moses encountered God on a mountain where he received the Ten Commandments.

Derived terms

• antaŭmontoj (“foothills”)
• Fuĵi-monto
• glacimonto
• monta
• montano (“mountain-dweller”)
• montarano
• montaro
• montego
• monteto
• montodeklivo
• montoflanko
• montopinto
• montpasejo, montopasejo
• montspino, montkresto, montodorso

Related terms

• alpinismo
• alpinisto

Galician

Etymology 1

From monte (“hill, mount”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonto/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -onto

• Hyphenation: mon‧to

Noun

monto m (plural montos)

1. amount (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• montón

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “monto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “monto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mon‧to

Verb

monto

1. first-person singular present indicative of montar

Further reading

• “monto”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto monto, Latin mōns, English mount, French mont, Italian monte, Spanish monte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonto/
• Rhymes: -onto
• Hyphenation: mont‧o

Noun

monto

2. (geography) mountain (large mass of earth and rock)

Istriot

Etymology

Derived from Latin montem.

Noun

monto m

1. mountain

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.to/
• Rhymes: -onto
• Hyphenation: món‧to

Verb

monto

1. first-person singular present indicative of montare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔn.to]
• Hyphenation: mon‧tō

Noun

montō m (genitive montōnis); third declension

1. alternative form of moltō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	montō	montōnēs
genitive	montōnis	montōnum
dative	montōnī	montōnibus
accusative	montōnem	montōnēs
ablative	montōne	montōnibus
vocative	montō	montōnēs

Further reading

• "MONTO", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tu/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, most of Brazil) -õtu, (South Brazil) -õto
• Hyphenation: mon‧to

Verb

monto

1. first-person singular present indicative of montar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonto/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -onto
• Syllabification: mon‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from montar.

Noun

monto m (plural montos)

1. amount (total or sum of items)

   Synonyms: cantidad, coste, importe, monta, montante, suma, total

2. amount (quantity or volume)

   Synonyms: cantidad, cuantía, montante

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monto

1. first-person singular present indicative of montar

Further reading

• “monto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025