Mont Blanc

See also: montblanc, mont-blanc, Montblanc, and mont Blanc

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn ˈblɑnk/, /ˌmɑn-/, /-ˈblɑŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ, -ɒŋk

Proper noun

Mont Blanc

1. The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.

Derived terms

• Mont Blanc ruby

 

Translations

the highest mountain in Europe

• Albanian: Mont Blank m
• Amharic: ሞን ብላን m (mon bəlan)
• Arabic: مُونْ بْلَان m (mūn blān)

  Hijazi Arabic: مون بلان m (mōn blān)

• Armenian: Մոնբլան (Monblan)
• Azerbaijani: Monblan
• Belarusian: Манбла́н m (Manblán)
• Bengali: মোঁ ব্লঁ (mō̃ blõ), মঁ ব্লঁ (mõ blõ)
• Breton: Menez Gwenn m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白朗峰 (baak⁶ long⁵ fung¹)

  Mandarin: 勃朗峰 (zh) (Bólǎng fēng)

• Esperanto: Blanka Monto, Blank-Monto
• Estonian: Mont Blanc (et)
• Finnish: Mont Blanc
• French: mont Blanc (fr) m, Mont-Blanc (fr) m
• Georgian: მონბლანი (monblani)
• German: Montblanc (de) m, Mont Blanc (de) m
• Greek: Λευκό Όρος n (Lefkó Óros)
• Hebrew: מוֹן בְּלָאן m (Mon Blan)
• Hungarian: Mont Blanc (hu)
• Icelandic: Hvítfjall n
• Ido: Blanka-Monto (io), Monto Blanka
• Italian: Monte Bianco m
• Japanese: モンブラン (Monburan)
• Khmer: ម៉ុង ប្លុង (mong plong)
• Korean: 몽블랑 산 (Mongbeullang san), 몬테비안코 산 (Montebianko san)
• Latin: Rūpēs Alba f
• Latvian: Monblāns m
• Lithuanian: Monblanas m
• Lombard: Mont Bianch m
• Macedonian: Монбла́н m (Monblán)
• Marathi: माँ ब्लाँक n (mŏ̃ blŏṅka)
• Nepali: मोन्ट ब्लाङ्क (monṭa blāṅka)
• Norman: Blianc Mont m
• Occitan: Mont Blanc m
• Persian: مون بلان (fa) (mon blân)
• Polish: Mont Blanc (pl) m
• Portuguese: Monte Branco m
• Russian: Монбла́н (ru) m (Monblán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монблан m

  Roman: Mont Blanc (sh) m

• Sicilian: Munti Jancu m
• Tamil: மோண்ட் பிளாங்க் (mōṇṭ piḷāṅk), மோன்தே பியாங்கோ (mōṉtē piyāṅkō)
• Thai: มงบล็อง (mong-blɔng), มอนเตเบียนโก (mɔɔn-dtee-biian-goo)
• Uzbek: Monblan
• Yiddish: מאָן בלאַנק m (mon blank)