monte

See also: Monte and monté

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /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

• Monet, Moten, mento, mento-

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈmon.te]

NounEdit

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount (mountain?)

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ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish monte.

NounEdit

monte

1. mountain

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃t/

NounEdit

monte f (plural montes)

1. copulation, mating season

VerbEdit

monte

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

Further readingEdit

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

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈmon.tɪ/

NounEdit

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount

Related termsEdit

• montaña

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Haitian CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French monter (“rise”)

VerbEdit

monte

1. to rise

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InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

monte (plural montes)

1. mountain

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InterlingueEdit

NounEdit

monte

1. mountain

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

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

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (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

NounEdit

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 notesEdit

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 Everest, Monte Aconcágua.

Derived termsEdit

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

Related termsEdit

Terms related to monte

• desmontar
• montado

• montanha
• montante

• montar

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): /ˈmonte/, [ˈmõn̪t̪e]

Etymology 1Edit

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

See etymology on the main entry.

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.

Further readingEdit

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