montangne
Norman
Alternative forms
- maontogne (Guernsey)
- mountangne
Etymology
From Old French montaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
- bike à montangne (“mountain bike”)
- faithe eune montangne dé beurre (“to do something half-baked; to construct a house of cards”, literally “to make a mountain of butter”)
- La Montangne d'la Tabl'ye (“Table Mountain”)
- Les Bliues Montangnes (“the Blue Mountains”)
- Les Montangnes Rotcheuses (“the Rocky Mountains”)
- montangne brûlante, montangne dé feu (“volcano”)
- montangne dé gliaiche (“iceberg”)
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