Montreal

See also: Montréal and Mont-real

English

A panorama of Montreal.

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Etymology

From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian as Monte Real.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑntɹiˈɔl/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/, /ˌmɔ̃ɹeɪˈæl/

  • Audio (Canada)

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Proper noun

Montreal

1. A river port, the largest city in Quebec, Canada.
2. An island in Quebec, Canada, on which the city is situated.
3. A river in Algoma district and Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada.
4. A river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.
5. A river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.
7. A small city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
8. A river on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States.
9. A river in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.

Synonyms

• Mtl., Mtl, MTL; (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Montrealer
• Montreal-style
• Montreal bagel
• Montreal smoked meat
• Montreal staircase

• Montreal North
• Montreal South
• Montreal East
• Montreal West
• Old Montreal

Translations

a city in Quebec

• Arabic: مُونْتْرِيَال‎ m (montreāl)
• Armenian: Մոնրեալ (Monreal)
• Belarusian: Манрэа́ль m (Manreálʹ)
• Bulgarian: Монреа́л m (Monreál)
• Catalan: Mont-real m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 滿地可, 满地可 (mun⁵ dei⁶ ho²)

  Mandarin: 蒙特利爾 (zh), 蒙特利尔 (zh) (Méngtèlì'ěr), 蒙特婁, 蒙特娄 (Méngtèlóu), 滿地河, 满地河 (Mǎndìhé), 蒙城 (zh) (Méngchéng) (short form)

• Esperanto: Montrealo
• Finnish: Montreal (fi)
• French: Montréal (fr) m

  Middle French: Place Royale, Ville Marie

• Georgian: მონრეალი (monreali)
• German: Montreal (de) n, Montréal (de) n
• Greek: Μόντρεαλ (el) (Móntreal), Μονρεάλη (Monreáli)
• Haitian Creole: Monreyal
• Hebrew: מונטריאול‎
• Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियल (mŏnṭriyal)
• Interlingua: Montreal
• Inuktitut: Manrial (Manrial), ᒧᕆᑐᐋᓪ (murituaal)
• Italian: Montreale f
• Japanese: モントリオール (Montoriōru), モンレアル (Monrearu)

• Korean: 몬트리올 (Monteuriol)
• Latin: Mons Rēgius m, Mōns Rēgālis m, Marianopolis m
• Latvian: Monreāla
• Laurentian: Tutonaguy
• Lithuanian: Monrealis
• Macedonian: Монтреа́л m (Montreál)
• Norman: Mountriyal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Montréal, Montreal

  Nynorsk: Montréal, Montreal

• Ojibwe: Mooniyaang
• Ottawa: Moon'yaang
• Persian: مونترال‎
• Polish: Montreal (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Montreal f, Montréal f
• Russian: Монреа́ль (ru) m (Monreálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монтреал m

  Roman: Montreal (sh) m

• Spanish: Montreal (es) m
• Thai: มอนทรีออล (mɔn-trii-ɔ̂l)
• Turkish: Montreal
• Ukrainian: Монреа́ль m (Monreálʹ)
• Vietnamese: Mông-rê-an, Montréal
• Yiddish: מאָנטרעאָל‎ (montreol), מאָנטרעאַל‎ (montreal)

an island in Quebec

• French: Montréal (fr)

  Middle French: Montreal

• Laurentian: Hochelaga

Anagrams

• loan term, morantel

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Montreal n (genitive Montreals)

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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Middle French

Etymology

mont +‎ real; The island was named after the mountain located on it, mont Royal, which was named by Jacques Cartier.

Proper noun

Montreal

1. An island in the Saint Lawrence River, in modern Canada, at its confluence with the Ottawa River.

Descendants

• English: Montreal

• French: Montréal

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

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Polish

Etymology

From French Montréal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain by Jacques Cartier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈtrɛ.al/

• Audio (Poland)

  (file)

Proper noun

Montreal m

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Declension

declension of Montreal

	singular
nominative	Montreal
genitive	Montrealu
dative	Montrealowi
accusative	Montreal
instrumental	Montrealem
locative	Montrealu
vocative	Montrealu

Derived terms

• (adjective) montrealski

Further reading

• Montreal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montréal.

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)