montante

See also: Montante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish montante or a cognate in another language.

Noun

montante (plural montantes)

1. A type of longsword used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
   • 2020, Kat Ross, Balthazar's Bane, Kat Ross, →ISBN:

     "Choose a zweihander if you prefer." He seemed about to reach for one of the German blades, then let his hand fall. "The montante has a certain flair. I think the old Iberian masters would approve." He met her eye, the silence growing ...

See also

• robe montante

French

Adjective

montante

1. feminine singular of montant

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: mon‧tàn‧te

Participle

montante (plural montanti)

1. present participle of montare

Adjective

montante (plural montanti)

1. (also figurative) rising, mounting

Noun

montante m (plural montanti)

1. rod, pillar, etc. used to reinforce a structure, etc.

   Synonyms: sostegno verticale, asta, pilastro

   1. jamb (of a door)

      Synonym: stipite

   2. upright, mullion (of a window)
   3. (soccer) goalpost

      Synonym: palo

   4. (aeronautics) strut
2. uppercut (boxing)
3. riser (vertical utility pipe)
4. lapel

   Synonym: risvolto

5. (economics) future value
6. (fencing) Zornhau
7. (historical, fencing) a type of longsword used by fencers in Spain between the 16th and 17th centuries

Norman

Adjective

montante

1. feminine singular of montant

Portuguese

Etymology

From montar (“to mount”) +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈtɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: mon‧tan‧te

Noun

montante f (plural montantes)

1. high tide

   Synonyms: preia-mar, maré alta

2. upstream

   Antonym: jusante

Noun

montante m (plural montantes)

1. (archaic) a two-handed sword
2. quantity, amount, sum

Spanish

Etymology

From montar (“to mount”) +‎ -ante.

Noun

montante m (plural montantes)

1. a two-handed sword
2. total (original amount of money plus interest)
3. window over the door to a room; fanlight
4. (nautical) pieces that form the outline of the stern

Noun

montante f (plural montantes)

1. wall stud

Further reading

• “montante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10