monte

See also: Monte and monté

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒnti/
• Rhymes: -ɒnti

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Monet, Moten, mento, mento-, meton.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmon.te]

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount (mountain?)

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

1. mountain

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃t/

Noun

monte f (plural montes)

1. copulation, mating season

Verb

monte

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

Further reading

• “monte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Monte Louro ("Mount Louro")

Montes nevados (snowy mountains)

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese monte, mõte, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns; from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.tɪ/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• Monte
• monte aberto
• Monteagudo
• Montealegre
• Montealto
• Montecalvo
• Montederramo
• Montefaro
• Montefurado
• Monte Grande
• Montelongo
• Montemaior
• Montemeá
• Montemeán
• Montemeao
• Montemuíño
• Montenegro
• Monte Pedroso
• Monte Queimado
• Monte Real
• Monte Redondo
• Monterrei
• Monterroso
• Montes
• Monte Vello
• Montiño
• Montouto
• Trasmonte

 

Related terms

• montaña
• Montecelo
• Montecelos
• Montellos
• Monteselo
• Montesiños

 

References

• “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “monte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”)

Verb

monte

1. to rise

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Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

1. mountain

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Interlingue

Noun

monte

1. mountain

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• mónte, IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

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

Synonyms

• montagna

Related terms

• montagna
• montano
• montare
• montecchio
• Montenegro
• montuoso

 

Noun

monte f

1. plural of monta

Anagrams

• mento

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Latin

Noun

monte

1. ablative singular of mōns

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French monter

Verb

monte

1. to climb
2. to rise

References

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese monte, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈmõ.tɪ], [ˈmõ.tʲ]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.te/, [ˈmõ.te], [ˈmõ.tɪ]
• Hyphenation: mon‧te

Noun

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)

   Eu conheco um monte de gente. ― I know a lot of people.

   Synonyms: amontoado, pilha, penca

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

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.

Derived terms

• montinho, montículo (diminutives)
• montão (augmentative)
• amontoar

Related terms

• desmontar
• montado
• montanha
• montante
• montar

 

Verb

monte

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of montar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of montar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of montar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of montar

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French monter

Verb

monte

1. to climb
2. to rise

References

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/, [ˈmõn̪t̪e]

Etymology 1

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”). Doublet of montaña.

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. hill
3. forest, wilderness
4. (Mexico) desert
5. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
6. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds

   Synonyms: maleza, mala hierba

Derived terms

• la cabra siempre tira al monte
• monito del monte
• monte de Venus
• Montenegro
• montero
• montés
• montesino
• montón
• no todo el monte es orégano
• pie de monte
• saltamontes
• viejo de monte

 

Related terms

• montaña
• montar

• montículo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

monte

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of montar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of montar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of montar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of montar.

Further reading

• “monte” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.