montant
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.
Noun
editmontant (plural montants)
- (fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.
Noun
editmontant (plural montants)
- (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
- (drinking) The first scent of a cognac
Etymology 3
editFrom Old French montant.
Adjective
editmontant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.
- 1873, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, page 178:
- […] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus […]
- 2018 January 31, R. D. Blackmore, Delphi Complete Works of R. D. Blackmore (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN:
- The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family. […]
Usage notes
editIn heraldic descriptions, the adjective is used postpositively.
French
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmontant (feminine montante, masculine plural montants, feminine plural montantes)
Noun
editmontant m (plural montants)
Participle
editmontant
Further reading
edit- “montant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editmontant m (plural montants)
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