Montserrat

English

Etymology

From Catalan Montserrat. The island was named after the Virgin of Montserrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒn(t)səˈɹæt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /mɒn(t)səˈɹɒt/
• Rhymes: -æt, -ɒt

Proper noun

Montserrat

2. An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.
4. A mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery.

Derived terms

• Montserratian
• Montserrat oriole

 

Related terms

• serrated
• serration
• sierra

 

Translations

island

• Antillean Creole: Monséra
• Arabic: مُونْتْسِيرَات m (muntsirat)
• Breton: Montserrat
• Catalan: Montserrat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒙塞拉特 (Méngsāilātè)

• Danish: Montserrat
• Dutch: Montserrat (nl)
• Esperanto: Montserato, Moncerato
• Estonian: Montserrat
• Finnish: Montserrat (fi)
• French: Montserrat (fr) m
• German: Montserrat (de) n
• Greek: Μοντσερράτ (el) n (Montserrát)
• Hungarian: Montserrat (hu)
• Irish: Montsarat m
• Italian: Monserrat
• Japanese: モンセラト (Monserato)
• Korean: 몬트세라트 (Monteuserateu)
• Macedonian: Монсера́т m (Monserát)
• Maltese: Monserrat
• Norman: Montserrat m
• Polish: Montserrat (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Monserrate (pt)
• Romanian: Montserrat
• Russian: Монсерра́т m (Monserrát)
• Spanish: Montserrat (es) m
• Swedish: Montserrat (sv)

See also

• Countries of the world

Catalan

Etymology

From mont +‎ serrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mun.səˈrat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mon.səˈrat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mon.seˈrat]

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. Montserrat (a mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery)
2. a female given name transferred from the place name
3. Montserrat (an island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)

Derived terms

• Mon
• Mont
• Montse

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈha], /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈha]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈha], /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈha]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈχa], /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈχa]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõt͡ʃ.seˈʁa/ [mõt͡ʃ.seˈha], /mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈʁa/ [mõ.t͡ʃi.seˈha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.tsɨˈʁa/

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. Obsolete spelling of Monserrate.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Montserrat, from mont (“hill”) + serrat (“jagged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montseˈrat/ [mõn̪t̪.seˈrat̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: Mont‧se‧rrat

Proper noun

Montserrat f

1. Montserrat (an island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)
2. Montserrat (a mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery)
3. a female given name transferred from the place name or from Catalan, shortened from María (de) Montserrat, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as the patron of Catalonia