montante
See also: Montante
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish montante or a cognate in another language.
Noun edit
montante (plural montantes)
- A type of longsword used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 2020, Kat Ross, Balthazar's Bane, Kat Ross, →ISBN:
- "Choose a zweihander if you prefer." He seemed about to reach for one of the German blades, then let his hand fall. "The montante has a certain flair. I think the old Iberian masters would approve." He met her eye, the silence growing ...
See also edit
French edit
Adjective edit
montante
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
montante (plural montanti)
Adjective edit
montante (plural montanti)
- (also figurative) rising, mounting
Noun edit
montante m (plural montanti)
Norman edit
Adjective edit
montante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From montar (“to mount”) + -ante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
montante f (plural montantes)
Noun edit
montante m (plural montantes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From montar (“to mount”) + -ante.
Noun edit
montante m (plural montantes)
- a two-handed sword
- total (original amount of money plus interest)
- window over the door to a room; fanlight
- (nautical) pieces that form the outline of the stern
Noun edit
montante f (plural montantes)
Further reading edit
- “montante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014