mont

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See also: Mont, Mont., Mǫnt, and mønt

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mont.

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Noun

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mont (plural monts)

  1. mount; mountain.

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Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French montre.

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mont

  1. watch; clock

Breton

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Etymology

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Suppletive verb; verbal noun from Proto-Brythonic *monetu (compare Welsh mynd, Cornish mones), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *mon-ī- (compare Middle Irish muinithir (goes around)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes (will come), Lithuanian mìnti (to trample, scutch)). Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti (to drive) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸel- (to approach, drive), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō (strike, drive), Epic Greek πίλναμαι (pílnamai, approach).

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Verb

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mont

  1. (intransitive) to go

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.

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Noun

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mont m (plural monts)

  1. (archaic or toponyms) mount, mountain
    Synonyms: munt, muntanya

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Franco-Provençal

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Noun

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mont (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois)

  1. Alternative form of mondo (world)

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French mont, from Latin montem.

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mont m (plural monts)

  1. mountain, mount, mont
  2. (in the plural) the Alps

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

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mont m (plural monts)

  1. mountain, mount
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Icelandic

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mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

  1. boasting, bragging
  2. conceit, arrogance

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  • monta (to boast, to brag)
  • montinn (boastful; conceited, arrogant)

Ingrian

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mont (+ partitive)

  1. Alternative form of monta
    • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetikan oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (I. osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:
      Mont sahhaaja? Mont tööläist?
      How many sawyers? How many workers?

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mont

  1. Alternative form of monta

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

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mont f (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount, plateau

Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin mons. Cognates include Italian monte and French mont.

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mont m

  1. mountain

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch munt, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

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mont m

  1. mouth (opening in the head)

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  • Dutch: mond, mont (obsolete)
    • Afrikaans: mond
    • Javindo: mon
    • Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
      • Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
    • Petjo: mon
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
  • Limburgish: móndj

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Middle English

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Noun

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mont

  1. Alternative form of mount

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French mont, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

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mont m (plural monts)

  1. (Jersey, geography) hill

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

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mont m

  1. mount

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin montem, accusative of mōns. Doublet with montaigne.

Noun

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mont oblique singularm (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

  1. mountain
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Etymology 2

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See monde

Noun

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mont oblique singularm (oblique plural monz or montz, nominative singular monz or montz, nominative plural mont)

  1. Alternative form of monde

Old Spanish

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mont m (plural montes)

  1. Apocopic form of monte; a mountain or hill.
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:
      Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt.
      It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin mons.

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mont m

  1. mount, mountain

Romanian

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Etymology

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From bont.

Noun

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mont n (plural monturi)

  1. bunion

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