montaigne

See also: Montaigne

Middle English

Noun

montaigne (plural montaignes)

Alternative form of mountayne

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French montaigne.

Noun

montaigne f (plural montaignes)

mountain

Descendants

French: montagne

Old French

Alternative forms

muntaigne, muntaine (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (whence Old Fr. mont, with which this term competed).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /munˈtaɲə/

Noun

montaigne oblique singular, f (oblique plural montaignes, nominative singular montaigne, nominative plural montaignes)

mountain

Related terms

mont

Descendants

Middle French: montaigne
- French: montagne
Norman: montangne, maontogne; mountangne
Walloon: montinne
→ Middle English: mountayne (see there for further descendants)

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