monter
See also: Monter
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *montāre, present active infinitive of *monto, from the Latin noun mōns, montem (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃.te/
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Verb
monter
- to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
- to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
- to get on, get in (a vehicle)
- to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
- to stage, put on (a show)
- to ride (a horse)
- to mount (a horse)
- (transitive) to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)
- J'ai monté les valises.
- I brought up the cases.
- to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
- to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
- to put up (a tent)
- Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit.
- Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.
- to string (an instrument)
- (cinematography) to edit
Usage notes
This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence être is used to form the perfect tense when monter has the sense "go up, climb, ascend", while avoir is used when it has the senses "put on, stage", "ride", "bring up".
- ils sont montés dans la voiture ― they got into the car
- elles ont monté les valises dans la chambre ― they put the suitcases in the bedroom
Conjugation
Conjugation of monter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | monter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | montant /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | monté /mɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | monte /mɔ̃t/ | montes /mɔ̃t/ | monte /mɔ̃t/ | montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | montez /mɔ̃.te/ | montent /mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ | montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ | montait /mɔ̃.tɛ/ | montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ | montaient /mɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | montai /mɔ̃.te/ | montas /mɔ̃.ta/ | monta /mɔ̃.ta/ | montâmes /mɔ̃.tam/ | montâtes /mɔ̃.tat/ | montèrent /mɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | monterai /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | monteras /mɔ̃.tʁa/ | montera /mɔ̃.tʁa/ | monterons /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | monterez /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | monteront /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | monterait /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | monterions /mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | monteriez /mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ | monteraient /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | monte /mɔ̃t/ | montes /mɔ̃t/ | monte /mɔ̃t/ | montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ | montent /mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | montasse /mɔ̃.tas/ | montasses /mɔ̃.tas/ | montât /mɔ̃.ta/ | montassions /mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | montassiez /mɔ̃.ta.sje/ | montassent /mɔ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | monte /mɔ̃t/ | — | montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | montez /mɔ̃.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez
- collet monté
- coup monté
- desselle-toi que je te monte
- enlève ta soutadère que je te monte
- monté comme un âne
- monter à la tête
- monter au créneau
- monter en épingle
- monter en grade
- monter la garde
- monter sur les planches
- monter sur ses grands chevaux
- pièce montée
Related terms
- mont
- montage
- montagne
- monte
- monter à la tête
- monteur
- montoir
- monture
- remonter
Descendants
- → German: montieren
- → Polish: montaż
- → Polish: montować
Further reading
- “monter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- mentor
- montre, montré
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Probably via German munter from Old High German muntar. The form could also be inherited, provided that the Old High German -t- is unshifted due to the following -r- (as in bittar and wintar). The etymology of the Old High German word seems not to have been settled conclusively, although that preferred by Kluge/Seebold (2002) would yield Luxembourgish *monner. Compare German munter and borrowed Dutch monter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmontɐ/
Adjective
monter (masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)
- lively, awake
- merry, gay
Declension
declension of monter
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass monter | si ass monter | et ass monter | si si(nn) monter | |
| nominative / accusative | attributive and/or after determiner | monteren | monter | montert | monter |
| independent without determiner | monteres | monterer | |||
| dative | after any declined word | monteren | monterer | monteren | monteren |
| as first declined word | monterem | monterem | |||
Adverb
monter
- merrily
Middle French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *montāre, present active infinitive of *monto, from the Latin noun mōns, montem (“mountain”).
Verb
monter
- to go up
- to mount (a horse, etc.)
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of monter
| infinitive | simple | monter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | montant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | monté | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | monte | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
| imperfect | montois, montoys | montois, montoys | montoit, montoyt | montions, montyons | montiez, montyez | montoient, montoyent | |
| past historic | monta | montas | monta | montasmes | montastes | monterent | |
| future | monterai, monteray | monteras | montera | monterons | monterez | monteront | |
| conditional | monterois, monteroys | monterois, monteroys | monteroit, monteroyt | monterions, monteryons | monteriez, monteryez | monteroient, monteroyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | monte | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
| imperfect | montasse | montasses | montast | montassions | montassiez | montassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | monte | — | montons | montez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Derived terms
- desmonter
Norman
Etymology
From Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from the Latin noun mōns, montem (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
monter
- (Jersey) to go up
Synonyms
- ramonter
Antonyms
- d'scendre (“to go down, descend”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
monter
- imperative of montere
Old French
Alternative forms
- munter, mounter
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *montāre, present active infinitive of *monto, from the Latin noun mōns, montem (“mountain”).
Verb
monter
- to go up
- to mount (a horse, etc.)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of monter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | monter | avoir monté | |||||
| gerund | en montant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | montant | ||||||
| past participle | monté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | mont | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
| imperfect | montoie, monteie, montoe, monteve | montoies, monteies, montoes, monteves | montoit, monteit, montot, monteve | montiiens, montiens | montiiez, montiez | montoient, monteient, montoent, montevent | |
| preterite | montai | montas | monta | montames | montastes | monterent | |
| future | monterai | monteras | montera | monterons | monteroiz, montereiz, monterez | monteront | |
| conditional | monteroie, montereie | monteroies, montereies | monteroit, montereit | monteriiens, monteriens | monteriiez, monteriez | monteroient, montereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | mont | monz | mont | montons | montez | montent |
| imperfect | montasse | montasses | montast | montissons, montissiens | montissoiz, montissez, montissiez | montassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | monte | — | montons | montez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: monter
Polish
Etymology
From French monteur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔn.tɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔntɛr
- Syllabification: mon‧ter
Noun
monter m pers (feminine monterka)
- fitter (“a person who fits or assembles something”)
- Synonym: instalator
Declension
Declension of monter
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monter | monterzy |
| genitive | montera | monterów |
| dative | monterowi | monterom |
| accusative | montera | monterów |
| instrumental | monterem | monterami |
| locative | monterze | monterach |
| vocative | monterze | monterzy |
Related terms
- montaż
- montażowy
- montować
- montowanie
Further reading
- monter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- monter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
monter
- exhibition stand, stand
- museum display case, display case
Declension
| Declension of monter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | monter | montern | montrar | montrarna |
| Genitive | monters | monterns | montrars | montrarnas |
Further reading
- monter in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- mentor