n.
Pronunciation: ' män-t ē
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish, bank, mountain, heap, from Italian, from Latin mont-, mons mountain
Date: 1824
1 : a card game in which players select any two of four cards turned face up in a layout and bet that one of them will be matched before the other as cards are dealt one at a time from the pack ― called also monte bank
2 : THREE-CARD MONTE