mountainous

English

Etymology

From mountain +‎ -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from Vulgar Latin *montānea, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊn.tɪn.əs/
• (US, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊn.tən.əs/, [ˈmæʊn.tn̩.əs], [-ʔn̩-], [ˈmæ̃ʊ̃(n)-]

Adjective

mountainous (comparative more mountainous, superlative most mountainous)

1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
3. (figuratively, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
4. (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

• intramountainous (adjective)
• mountainously (adverb)
• mountainousness (noun)
• nonmountainous (adjective)
• unmountainous (adjective)

 

Related terms

• mountain (noun)

 

Translations

having many mountains

• Armenian: լեռնային (hy) (leṙnayin)
• Azerbaijani: dağlıq (az)
• Belarusian: гары́сты (be) (harýsty)
• Bulgarian: плани́нски (planínski)
• Catalan: muntanyós (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多山的 (zh) (duōshān de)

• Czech: hornatý (cs)
• Danish: bjergrig
• Dutch: bergachtig (nl)
• Esperanto: montara, montoza (eo)
• Finnish: vuoristoinen (fi)
• French: montagneux (fr)
• Galician: montañoso (gl)
• Georgian: მთიანი (mtiani)
• German: bergig (de), gebirgig (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀρεινός (oreinós)

• Hungarian: hegyes (hu), hegyi (hu), hegyvidéki
• Ido: montoza (io)
• Irish: sléibhtiúil, sléibhteach
• Italian: montagnoso (it)
• Kazakh: таулы (tauly)
• Khakas: тағлығ (tağlığ)
• Latin: montōsus
• Macedonian: планински (planinski)
• Middle English: mountuous
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: уулархаг (mn) (uularxag), уулархуу (uularxuu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjellrik

  Nynorsk: fjellrik

• Persian: کوهستانی‎ (fa) (kuhestâni)
• Piedmontese: montagnos, montos
• Plautdietsch: boajich
• Polish: górzysty (pl)
• Portuguese: montanhoso (pt)
• Romansch: alpin
• Russian: гори́стый (ru) (gorístyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: beanntach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пла̀нӣнскӣ, брдо̀вит, го̀рскӣ, горо̀вит

  Roman: plànīnskī (sh), brdòvit (sh), gòrskī (sh), goròvit (sh)

• Shor: тағлығ (tağlığ)
• Slovak: hornatý
• Slovene: gôrski
• Spanish: montañoso (es)
• Swedish: bergig (sv), fjällrik (sv)
• Tagalog: mabundok
• Tausug: mabūd
• Turkish: dağlık (tr)
• Tuvan: даглыг (daglıg)
• Ukrainian: гори́стий (horýstyj)
• Uzbek: togʻlik (uz)
• Welsh: mynyddog (cy)
• Yakut: хайалаах (xayalaax)

resembling a mountain

• Czech: ohromný (cs), obrovský (cs)
• Esperanto: monta
• Russian: гороподо́бный (goropodóbnyj)

very difficult

See also

• hilly