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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): /m?nti/
• Rhymes: -?nti

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

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

Anagrams

• Monet, Moten, mento, mento-, meton.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin montem, accusative of m?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mon.te]

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mount (mountain?)

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish monte.

Noun

monte

1. mountain

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t/

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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese monte, mõte, from Latin montem, accusative of m?ns; from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mon.t?/

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount; large hill
2. wilderness; uncultivated land
   • 1466, J. Méndez Pérez & al. (eds.), El monasterio de San Salvador de Chantada, Santiago de Compostela: I. Padre Sarmiento, page 516:

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

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

   Synonym: mato

3. heap, pile

   Synonyms: montón, morea, rima

4. (figuratively) a large quantity
   • 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.

   Synonym: mundo

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “monte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “monte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “monte” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “monte” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monter (“rise”)

Verb

monte

1. to rise

Interlingua

Noun

monte (plural montes)

1. mountain

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• mónte, IPA^(key): /?mon.te/

Noun

monte m (plural monti)

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

Synonyms

• montagna

Related terms

Noun

monte f

1. plural of monta

Anagrams

• mento

Latin

Noun

monte

1. ablative singular of m?ns

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French monter

Verb

monte

1. to climb
2. to rise

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?mõ.t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?mõ.t??i/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): [?mõ.t?], [?mõ.t?]
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?mõ.te/, [?mõ.te], [?mõ.t?]
• Hyphenation: mon?te

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

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

Related terms

Verb

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

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French monter

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): /?monte/, [?mõn?.t?e]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

monte m (plural montes)

1. mountain, mount
2. hill
3. forest, wilderness
4. (Mexico) desert
5. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) underbrush
6. (Dominican Republic, Mexico, singular only) weeds

   Synonyms: maleza, mala hierba

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

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 reading

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

English

Noun

monie

1. Archaic spelling of money.

Anagrams

• Noemi, Omine

Middle English

Noun

monie

1. Alternative form of money

Yola

Alternative forms

• monnie

Etymology

From Middle English money.

Noun

monie

1. money

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN