mont

See also: Mont, Mont., and mønt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɒn/, /mɒ̃(n)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒn
Homophones: mon, monts

Noun

mont (plural monts)

mount; mountain.

Derived terms

Mont Blanc

Related terms

mount
mountain

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French montre.

Noun

mont

watch; clock

Breton

Alternative forms

moned

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ̃nt/

Verb

mont

(intransitive) to go

Inflection

Mutation of mont

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mont	vont	unchanged	unchanged	vont

Conjugation

Conjugation of mont

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect	Imperative
1s	an	aen	is	in	afen	ajen	-
2s	ez	aes	ejout	i	afes	ajes	kae (n'a in the negative)
3s	a, ya	ae, yae	eas, yeas	ay, aio, yelo	afe, yafe	aje, yaje	aet
1p	eomp	aemp	ejomp	aimp	afemp	ajemp	eomp, deomp
2p	it	aec'h	ejoc'h	eot	afec'h	ajec'h	it, kit
3p	eont	aent	ejont	aint	afent	ajent	aent
0	eer	aed	ejod	eor	afed	ajed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		mont, monet			Soft mutation after a		a ya-
Present participle		o vont			Mixed mutation after e		ez a-
Past participle		aet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)			Soft mutation after ne/na		n'a-

Derived terms

mont en-dro
mont kuit

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmon/
Audio (file)
Homophones: món, mon, Mon, Mont

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

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

Derived terms

Montseny
Montserrat

Related terms

muntanya

References

“mont” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“mont”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“mont” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“mont” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Homophones: monts, mon

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

(Used in certain geographic names) mountain, mount, mont
(In the plural) the Alps

Derived terms

à contre-mont
par monts et par vaux
promettre monts et merveilles

Related terms

amont
monceau
montagne
monter
monticule
montueux
promontoire

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

mountain, mount

Related terms

montagne

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥t/
Rhymes: -ɔn̥t

Noun

mont n (genitive singular monts, no plural)

boasting, bragging
conceit, arrogance

Synonyms

(boasting): gort, grobb, raup, sjálfshól
(conceit): yfirlæti

Derived terms

monthani (“boaster, braggart”)
montrass (“boaster, braggart”)

Related terms

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

Ingrian

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmont/, [ˈmo̞nd̥]

Rhymes: -ont

Hyphenation: mont

Determiner

mont (+ partitive)

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

Determiner

mont

Alternative form of monta

References

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

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

mont f (plural montes)

mountain, mount, plateau

Lombard

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m

mountain

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m

mouth (opening in the head)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Middle English

Noun

mont

Alternative form of mount

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

mont m (plural monts)

(Jersey, geography) hill

Derived terms

mont ès minnes (“slag heap”)

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

mont m

mount

Synonyms

montanheta
puèg

Related terms

montanha

Old French

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

mountain

Descendants

French: mont
Norman: mont (Jersey)

Etymology 2

See monde

Noun

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

Alternative form of monde

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmont/

Noun

mont m (plural montes)

Apocopic form of monte; a mountain or hill.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
  Fue el dia ṫcero al alba dela man. ¬ vinẏerȯ truenos ¬ relȧpagos ¬ nuf grȧt ſobrel mȯt.
  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

Etymology

From Latin mons.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muŋt/

Noun

mont m

mount, mountain

Romanian

Etymology

From bont.

Noun

mont n (plural monturi)

bunion

Declension

Declension of mont

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mont	montul	(niște) monturi	monturile
genitive/dative	(unui) mont	montului	(unor) monturi	monturilor
vocative	montule		monturilor

mont

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Antillean Creole

Etymology

Noun

Breton

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Conjugation

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Determiner

Determiner

References

Ladin

Etymology

Noun

Lombard

Etymology

Noun

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

Norman

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Related terms

Old French

Etymology 1

Noun

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun