montr

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Breton

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French montre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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montr m (plural montroù)

  1. a watch (wearable timepiece)
    • 1990, Thomas Arwyn Watkins, Martin John Ball, Celtic Linguistics / Ieithyddiaeth Geltaidd: Readings in the Brythonic Languages, page 178:
      [...] that has not really happened in Breton, where they still say ma montr zo o tréssa [P] 'My watch is fixing (=being fixed)'.
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Inflection

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Mutation of montr
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular montr vontr unchanged unchanged
plural montroù vontroù unchanged unchanged