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monter

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (mountain).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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monter

  1. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
  2. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
  3. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
  4. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
  5. to stage, put on (a show)
  6. to ride (a horse)
  7. to mount (a horse)
  8. (transitive) to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)
    J’ai monté les valises.
    I brought up the cases.
  9. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
  10. to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
  11. to put up (a tent)
    Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit.
    Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.
  12. to assemble (put together)
    Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier.
    One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves.
  13. to string (an instrument)
  14. (cinematography) to edit
  15. (knitting) to cast on (stitches)

Usage notes

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This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence être is used to form the perfect tense when monter has the sense "go up, climb, ascend", while avoir is used when it has the senses "put on, stage", "ride", "bring up".

ils sont montés dans la voiturethey got into the car
elles ont monté les valises dans la chambrethey put the suitcases in the bedroom

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • German: montieren
  • Polish: montaż
  • Polish: montować
  • Swedish: montera

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Probably via German munter from Old High German muntar. The form could also be inherited, provided that the Old High German -t- is unshifted due to the following -r- (as in bittar and wintar). The etymology of the Old High German word seems not to have been settled conclusively, although that preferred by Kluge/Seebold (2002) would yield Luxembourgish *monner. Compare German munter and borrowed Dutch monter.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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monter (masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)

  1. lively, awake
  2. merry, gay

Declension

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Adverb

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monter

  1. merrily

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French monter.

Verb

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monter

  1. to go up
  2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Derived terms

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from the Latin noun montem (mountain).

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Verb

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monter

  1. (Jersey) to go up

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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monter

  1. imperative of montere

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *montāre, a verb based on Latin montem (mountain).

Verb

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monter

  1. to go up
  2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French monteur.

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Noun

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monter m pers (female equivalent monterka)

  1. fitter (person who fits or assembles something)
    Synonym: instalator

Declension

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Further reading

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  • monter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • monter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en glasmonter på ett museum
en monter på en mässa

Etymology

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Borrowed from French montre.

Noun

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monter c

  1. a display case (often at a museum)
  2. an exhibition stand, a stand

Declension

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See also

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References

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Anagrams

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