montant
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.
Noun edit
montant (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 edit
From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.
Noun edit
montant (plural montants)
- (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
- (drinking) The first scent of a cognac
Etymology 3 edit
From Old French montant.
Adjective edit
montant (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 edit
In heraldic descriptions, the adjective is used postpositively.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
montant (feminine montante, masculine plural montants, feminine plural montantes)
Noun edit
montant m (plural montants)
Participle edit
montant
Further reading edit
- “montant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
montant m (plural montants)