monte

See also: monté

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish monte ‎(“mountain”), referring to the stack of unplayed cards.

PronunciationEdit

• /mɒnti/
• Rhymes: -ɒnti

NounEdit

monte

1. (card games) a game in which 3 or 4 cards are dealt face-up and players bet which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt
2. (Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

AnagramsEdit

• mento, Monet

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mons, montem.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈmon.te]

NounEdit

monte m ‎(plural montes)

1. mount (mountain?)

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FrenchEdit

NounEdit

monte f ‎(plural montes)

1. copulation, mating season

VerbEdit

monte

1. first-person singular present indicative of monter
2. third-person singular present indicative of monter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of monter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of monter
5. second-person singular imperative of monter

External linksEdit

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

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Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French monter ‎(“rise”)

VerbEdit

monte

1. to rise

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InterlingueEdit

NounEdit

monte

1. mountain

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mons, montem.

PronunciationEdit

• mónte, IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/

NounEdit

monte m ‎(plural monti)

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

SynonymsEdit

• montagna

Related termsEdit

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

NounEdit

monte f

1. plural of monta

AnagramsEdit

• mento

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LatinEdit

NounEdit

monte

1. ablative singular of mōns

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese monte, mõte, from Latin mons, montis, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‎(“mountain”).

NounEdit

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. (by extension, idiomatic) much, many, a lot / lots of

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

SynonymsEdit

• (mountain): montanha
• (a lot): muito, muita

Related termsEdit

• montanha
• montar
• muito

VerbEdit

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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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.te/

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin mōns, montis, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‎(“mountain”).

NounEdit

monte m ‎(plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
3. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds

Derived termsEdit

• montero
• montesino

Related termsEdit

• montaña
• montar

• montículo
• montón

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

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.