mountain

Signification

1. An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
2. Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
3. A difficult task or challenge.
4. Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
5. (slang) A woman's large breast.
6. The twenty-first Lenormand card.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/

Étymologie

From Middle English mountayne, mountain, montaigne, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, muntaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌 (mati, “promontory”)), from *men- (“to project, stick out”). Displaced native Old English beorg and dūn, and partially displaced non-native Old English munt, from Latin mōns (whence English mount).

Phrases

The mountain is in the John Muir Wilderness Area in the Inyo National Forest .

La montagne se trouve dans la région de John Muir Wilderness dans la forêt nationale d'Inyo.