montante
See also: Montante
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish montante or a cognate in another language.
NounEdit
montante (plural montantes)
- A type of longsword used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- 2020, Kat Ross, Balthazar's Bane, Kat Ross, →ISBN:
- "Choose a zweihander if you prefer." He seemed about to reach for one of the German blades, then let his hand fall. "The montante has a certain flair. I think the old Iberian masters would approve." He met her eye, the silence growing ...
FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
montante
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
montante (plural montanti)
AdjectiveEdit
montante (plural montanti)
- (also figuratively) rising, mounting
NounEdit
montante m (plural montanti)
- rod, pillar, etc. used to reinforce a structure, etc.
- uppercut (boxing)
- riser (vertical utility pipe)
- lapel
- Synonym: risvolto
- (economics) future value
- (fencing) Zornhau
- (historical, fencing) a type of longsword used by fencers in Spain between the 16th and 17th centuries
NormanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
montante
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From montar (“to mount”) + -ante.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
montante f (plural montantes)
NounEdit
montante m (plural montantes)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From montar (“to mount”) + -ante.
NounEdit
montante m (plural montantes)
- a two-handed sword
- total (original amount of money plus interest)
- window over the door to a room; fanlight
- (nautical) pieces that form the outline of the stern
NounEdit
montante f (plural montantes)
Further readingEdit
- “montante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014