different between muntin vs montant

English

Etymology

Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”).

Noun

muntin (plural muntins)

1. One of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.174:

     He looked for a bell but there were just the wires hanging from a hole so he tapped on the glass of the sidelights. They gave soft and soundless in their lead muntins.

Synonyms

• glazing bar

Hyponyms

• mullion (vertical)

Translations

Catalan

Verb

muntin

1. third-person plural present subjunctive form of muntar
2. third-person plural imperative form of muntar

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?nt/

Etymology 1

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

Noun

montant (plural montants)

1. (fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade
   • c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor (II.iii)

     HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.

Noun

montant (plural montants)

1. (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
2. (drinking) The first scent of a cognac

Etymology 3

From Old French montant.

Adjective

montant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.

Usage notes

In heraldic descriptions, the adjective is used postpositively.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??.t??/

Adjective

montant (feminine singular montante, masculine plural montants, feminine plural montantes)

1. upwards, climbing
2. uphill

Noun

montant m (plural montants)

1. a (monetary) amount
2. a structural montant

Verb

montant

1. present participle of monter
2. (preceded by en) gerund of monter

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

montant m (plural montants)

1. (Jersey, nautical) flow tide