Wiktionary

monte

See also: Monte and monté

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

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Noun edit

monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)

  1. (uncountable, card games) A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
    Hyponym: three-card monte
  2. (countable, Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

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Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonte/, [ˈmõn̪.t̪e]

Noun edit

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mount; mountain

Chavacano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish monte.

Noun edit

monte

  1. mountain

Corsican edit

Etymology edit

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

monte m (plural monti)

  1. (geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount
  2. heap, pile
  3. pool, fund (of money); bank

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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French montant; equivalent to a deverbal of the modern verb monter (“to mount, go up”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃t/
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Noun edit

monte f (plural montes)

  1. copulation, mating season

Verb edit

monte

  1. inflection of monter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Galician edit

 
Monte Louro ("Mount Louro")
 
Montes nevados (snowy mountains)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monte m, from Latin montem m. Compare Portuguese monte m.

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Noun edit

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount; large hill
  2. wilderness; uncultivated land
    • 1466, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 516:
      britaredes o monte que esta por vritar en as ditas leyras, et prantarlos edes de vina
      you'll break the wilderness that is pending on that plots, and you'll plant it with vines
    Synonym: mato
  3. heap, pile
    Synonyms: montón, morea, rima
  4. (figurative) a large quantity
    • 2002, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 10:
      Mentres soportaba o habitual atoamento de tránsito da mañá, non tivo máis remedio que decatarse de que parecía haber un monte de xente vestida de forma rara.
      As he sat in the usual morning traffic jam, he couldn't help noticing that there seemed to be a lot of strangely dressed people about.
    Synonym: mundo

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References edit

  • “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “monte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “monte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “monte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French monter (“rise”).

Verb edit

monte

  1. to rise

Interlingua edit

Noun edit

monte (plural montes)

  1. mountain

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin montem.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.te/
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Hyphenation: món‧te

Noun edit

monte m (plural monti)

  1. (geomorphology, orography) mountain, mount
  2. heap, pile
  3. pool, fund (of money); bank

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Noun edit

monte f

  1. plural of monta

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Latin edit

Noun edit

monte m

  1. ablative singular of mōns

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French monter.

Verb edit

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References edit

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin montem m.

Noun edit

monte m

  1. hill

Descendants edit

  • Galician: monte m
  • Portuguese: monte m (see there for further descendants)

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Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈmõ.tɪ], [ˈmõ.tʲ]
  • Hyphenation: mon‧te

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese monte m, from Latin montem m. Compare Galician monte m.

Noun edit

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mount; a mountain or large hill
    Synonyms: montanha (“mountain”), morro (“large hill”)
  2. pile; heap (a mass of things placed together so as to form a mass or elevation)
    Synonyms: pilha, amontoado
  3. (usually in um monte de (“a lot of”)) heap; load; pile (a great amount of something)
    Synonyms: amontoado, pilha, penca
    Eu conheco um monte de gente. ― I know a lot of people.
  4. (inheritance law) a share of personal property given to someone as part of an inheritance, or the property as a whole; legacy
  5. (Alentejo) a rural property or group of farm buildings
Usage notes edit

Monte is usually used in reference to elevations smaller than montanhas (“mountains”). However, monte (and not montanha) is used in the full title of mountains regardless of size: Monte Evereste, Monte Aconcágua.

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Descendants edit
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: monti

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

monte

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Seychellois Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French monter.

Verb edit

monte

  1. to climb
  2. to rise

References edit

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonte/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -onte
  • Syllabification: mon‧te

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin montem.

Noun edit

monte m (plural montes)

  1. mountain, mount
  2. hill
    Synonyms: cerro, loma, collado
  3. forest, wilderness
    Synonyms: bosque, floresta, selva, foresta
  4. (Mexico) desert
    Synonyms: desierto, peladero
  5. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
    Synonym: maleza
  6. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds
    Synonym: mala hierba
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

monte

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

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