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mons

(Inglese)

  1. (declension-3) mountain, mount
  2. (declension-3) hill
  3. (declension-3, metonymically) towering mass, heap, great quantity
  4. (declension-3, metonymically) mountain rock, rock (in general) (poetically)
  5. (declension-3, metonymically) mountain beasts, wild beasts (Late Latin, poetically)
  6. (declension-3, metonymically) (of that which is obtained from the mountains) marble, marble column

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈmõːs]
Etimologia (Inglese)

From Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *món-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). Compare Old Breton monid, Breton menez, Cornish menydh, Welsh mynydd.

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