French

Verb

monter

1. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
2. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
3. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
4. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
5. to stage, put on (a show)
6. to ride (a horse)
7. to mount (a horse)
8. to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)

   J'ai monté les valises.‎

   I brought up the cases.

9. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
10. to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
11. to put up (a tent)
12. to string (an instrument)

Conjugation

Usage notes

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence être is used to form the perfect tense when monter has the sense "go up, climb, ascend", while avoir is used when it has the senses "put on, stage", "ride", "bring up".

  ils sont montés dans la voiture‎ ― they got into the car

  elles ont monté les valises dans la chambre‎ ― the put the suitcases in the bedroom

Related terms

Descendants

• German: montieren

Anagrams

• mentor
• montre, montré

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Probably via German munter from Old High German muntar. The form could also be inherited, provided that the Old High German -t- is unshifted due to the following -r- (as in bittar and wintar). The etymology of the Old High German word seems not to have been settled conclusively, although that preferred by Kluge/Seebold (2002) would yield Luxembourgish *monner. Compare German munter and borrowed Dutch monter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɐ/

Adjective

monter ‎(masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)

1. lively, awake
2. merry, gay

Declension

Adverb

monter

1. merrily

Middle French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montāre, present active infinitive of *monto, from the Latin noun mōns, montem ‎(“mountain”).

Verb

monter

1. to go up
2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Derived terms

• desmonter

Norman

Etymology

From Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from the Latin noun mōns, montem ‎(“mountain”).

Pronunciation

Verb

monter

1. (Jersey) to go up

Synonyms

• ramonter

Antonyms

• d'scendre ‎(“to go down, descend”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

monter

1. imperative of montere

Old French

Alternative forms

• munter
• mounter

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montāre, present active infinitive of *monto, from the Latin noun mōns, montem ‎(“mountain”).

Verb

monter

1. to go up
2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: monter