mons

Meaning

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

Concepts

mountain

⛰️

hill

mount

highlands

mound

knoll

loma

colina

Synonyms

collis

clivus

tumulus

mōns

montana

Translations

Berg

⛰️

montagne

⛰️

montaña

⛰️

montagna

⛰️

berg

⛰️

dağ

⛰️

muntanya

⛰️

montanha

⛰️

βουνό

monte

⛰️

monte

όρος

جبل

⛰️

montanha

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmõːs]

Etymology

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.