mountainous

Betekenis (Engels)

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) Very difficult.
4. (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Sinonieme

hilly

alpine

cragged

craggy

highland

huge

mountain

⛰️

gigantic

Brobdingnagian

colossal

clifty

montane

montuous

tremendous

mountainlike

belonging to a mountain

elevated

enormous

giant

Vertalings

montañoso

montagneux

montagnoso

gebirgig

bergig

montuoso

⛰️

bergachtig

muntanyós

dağlık

montanhoso

جبلي

vallonné

kolossaal

iugosus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmaʊn.tɪn.əs/

Etimologie (Engels)

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