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mountain

Meaning

  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.

Synonyms

hill
B1
mount
B2
forested
pile
B2
heap
C1
rock
A2
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cliff
B2
inselberg
stack
C1
batch
C1
plateau
C2
stone
B1
🪨

good deal

hatful
great deal
mass
B1
lot
A1
pot
B1
fell
A2
pinnacle
22k
peak
C1
raft
C1
mess
A2
ben
A2

great number

mountains
B1
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quite a little

mountainlike
highlands
C2

high hill

mountainous
35k
spate
44k
slew
22k
mint
C1
mickle
sight
B1

tidy sum

deal
A1
plenty
B1
crag
precipice
27k
flock
C1
peck
C2
passel
muckle
wad
C2
high
A1
condition
B1
clause
C2

mountain region

Translations

montagne
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montaña
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Berg
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montagna
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berg
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monte
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montanha
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βουνό

monte
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muntanya
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dağ
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όρος

mons
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colline
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmaʊn.tɪn/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
mountayne
Cognate with Welsh
mynydd
Cognate with Albanian
mat
Cognate with Avestan
𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌
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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