MOUNTAIN


Meaning of MOUNTAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmau̇n-t ə n ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French muntaine, from Vulgar Latin * montanea, from feminine of * montaneus of a mountain, alteration of Latin montanus, from mont-, mons

Date: 13th century

1.

a. : a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill

b. : an elongated ridge

2.

a. : a great mass

b. : a vast number or quantity

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.