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): /ˈmɒnti/
• 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

   • 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.

2. (countable, Latin America) A wood or forest; timberland.

See also

• monte-jus

Anagrams

• Monet, meton., Moten, mento-, mento, Mento

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese monte, from Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/, [ˈmõn̪.t̪e]

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount; mountain
2. forest, timberland "the wild", "the woods"

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

1. mountain

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔnte/

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

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

Synonyms

• muntagna

Related terms

• muntagna
• muntanu
• muntosu

 

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃t/

• Audio:

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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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Monte Louro ("Mount Louro")

Montes nevados (snowy mountains)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -onte

Etymology 1

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

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount; large hill
2. wilderness; uncultivated land

   Synonym: mato

   • 1466 December 3, Afonso de Moure, Frey Gómez, monje de Chantada, Chantada; republished as José Méndez Pérez, Pablo S. Otero Piñeyro Maseda, Miguel Romaní Martínez, editors, El monasterio de san Salvador de Chantada (siglos XI-XVI): historia y documentos (Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos; XL), Santiago de Compostela: CSIC, 2016, →ISBN, page 516:

     […] et britaredes o monte que esta por vritar en as ditas leyras, et prantarlos edes de vina […]

     And you'll break the wilderness that is pending on that plots, and you'll plant it with vines.

3. heap, pile

   Synonyms: montón, morea, rima

4. (figurative) a large quantity

   Synonym: mundo

   • 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.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

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

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monte

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “monte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “monte”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “monte”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “monte”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “monte”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”), from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃te/

Verb

monte

1. to rise

Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

1. mountain

Italian

Etymology

From Latin montem.

Pronunciation

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

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, mento

Latin

Noun

monte m

1. ablative singular of mōns

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French monter, from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Verb

monte

1. to climb
2. to rise

References

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

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin montem m.

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. hill

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "monte"

Old Leonese

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of mōns.

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. hill
   • 1294 "Cuatro documentos asturianos del siglo xiii" by María Josefa Sanz Fuentes):

     con montes, fontes, prados, pascos, felgueras, molneras,

     with hills, fountains, fields, pastures, ferns, mills,

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmõ.tɨ/

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

Etymology 1

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

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)

   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

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 (diminutive), montículo (diminutive)
• montão (augmentative)
• amontoar
• monte de merda

Related terms

• desmontar
• montado
• montanha
• montante
• montar

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: monti

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monte

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

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French monter, from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Verb

monte

1. to climb
2. to rise

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonte/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: mon‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin montem.

Noun

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

• achira de monte
• árnica del monte
• ayudante de montes
• capote de monte
• caracol de monte
• ceja de monte
• chajorra de monte
• cochino de monte
• corneta de monte
• cuchillo de monte
• echarse al monte
• gallo de monte
• gato de monte
• la cabra siempre tira al monte
• llevar leña al monte
• monito del monte
• monte de piedad
• monte de Venus
• Montenegro
• montero
• montés
• montesino
• montón
• no todo el monte es orégano
• papeleta del monte
• pato de monte
• pava de monte
• pepino de monte
• perejil de monte
• pie de monte
• saltamontes
• siempreviva del monte
• viejo de monte

 

Related terms

• montaña
• montar
• montículo
• montuoso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monte

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

Further reading

• “monte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28