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mountain

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

  1. (countable) 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. (countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A difficult task or challenge.
  4. (historical, uncountable) Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
  5. (countable, slang) A woman's large breast.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The twenty-first Lenormand card.

Dažnis

B1
Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

In summary

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).

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