Definition of 'mountain'
Word forms: plural mountains
2. quantifier
If you talk about a mountain of something, or mountains of something, you are emphasizing that there is a large amount of it.
[informal, emphasis]
3.
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mountain in British English
noun
1.
a.
b.
(as modifier)
mountain people
mountain scenery
3.
anything of great quantity or size
5. See a mountain to climb
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Word origin
C13: from Old French montaigne, from Vulgar Latin montānea (unattested) mountainous, from Latin montānus, from mons mountain
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Mountain in British English
noun
See the Mountain
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C18: so called because its members sat in the highest row of seats at the National
Convention Hall in 1793
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mountain in American English
noun
1.
4.
a very large amount
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ME montaine < OFr montaigne < VL *montanea, for L montana < montanus, mountainous < mons: see mount2Examples of 'mountain' in a sentence
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British English: mountain
/ˈmaʊntɪn/ NOUN
A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides.
It is the highest mountain in the region.
- American English: mountain /ˈmaʊntən/
- Arabic: جَبَلٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: montanha
- Chinese: 山
- Croatian: planina
- Czech: hora
- Danish: bjerg
- Dutch: berg
- European Spanish: montaña
- Finnish: vuori
- French: montagne
- German: Berg
- Greek: βουνό
- Italian: montagna
- Japanese: 山
- Korean: 산
- Norwegian: fjell
- Polish: góra
- European Portuguese: montanha
- Romanian: munte
- Russian: гора
- Latin American Spanish: montaña
- Swedish: berg
- Thai: ภูเขา
- Turkish: dağ
- Ukrainian: гора
- Vietnamese: núi
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