different between montana vs butte

Italian

Adjective

montana f sg

1. feminine singular of montano

Latin

Alternative forms

• mont?nea (medieval)

Adjective

mont?na

1. nominative feminine singular of mont?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of mont?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of mont?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of mont?nus
5. vocative neuter plural of mont?nus

Adjective

mont?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of mont?nus

Etymology

Nominalization of mont?na, feminine of mont?nus (“of a mountain”), from m?ns +? -?nus.

Noun

mont?na f (genitive mont?nae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) mountain

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Through a variant mont?nea or mont?nia.

• Corsican: muntagna
• Friulian: montagne
• Galician: montaña
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: montanha
• Kabuverdianu: montanha
• Italian: montagna
• Occitan: montanha
• Old French: montaigne
  • Middle English: montaigne (borrowing)
    • English: mountain
  • Middle French: montaigne
    • French: montagne
  • Norman: mountangne, montangne, maontogne
  • Walloon: montinne
• Portuguese: montanha
• Romansch: muntagna
• Sardinian: montagna
• Sicilian: muntagna
• Spanish: montaña

References

• montana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adjective

montana f sg

1. feminine singular of montano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mon?tana/, [mõn??t?a.na]

Adjective

montana f sg

1. feminine singular of montano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French butte (“mound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t
• Homophone: beaut

Noun

butte (plural buttes)

1. (US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

   Coordinate term: mesa

Derived terms

• Box Butte County
• Butte County

Translations

Further reading

• butte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

butte

1. definite of but
2. plural of but

French

Etymology

Feminine form of but (“aim, target”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byt/

Noun

butte f (plural buttes)

1. small hill, mound, hillock; knoll

   Synonyms: colline, tertre

2. heap

Descendants

• ? English: butte

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt