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mountain

/ˈmaʊntən/MOWN-tuhn
/ˈmaʊntən/MOWN-tuhn

Meaninghigh ground

Common meaning: a very high hill

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*man-‘project’source
  2. Latinmōns, montis‘a mountain, high ground’
  3. Frenchmontaigne
  4. Middle Englishmontainesource
  5. Englishmountain‘a very high hill’ · today

mount also in: mountamountparamount

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mōns ‘a mountain, high ground’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mōns, p. 1162 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PARAMOUNT, p. 420 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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