montaigne

See also: Montaigne

Middle English

Noun

montaigne (plural montaignes)

1. Alternative form of mountayne

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French montaigne.

Noun

montaigne f (plural montaignes)

1. mountain

Descendants

• French: montagne

Old French

Alternative forms

• muntaigne, muntaine (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (whence Old Fr. mont, with which this term competed).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /munˈtaɲə/

Noun

montaigne oblique singular, f (oblique plural montaignes, nominative singular montaigne, nominative plural montaignes)

1. mountain

Related terms

• mont

Descendants

• Middle French: montaigne
  • French: montagne
• Norman: montangne, maontogne (Guernsey); mountangne
• Walloon: montinne
• → Middle English: mountayne (see there for further descendants)