Definición de mountain

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

mountain

(maʊntɪn , US -tən )

Formas de la palabra:plural mountains

1. sustantivo contable

A mountain is a very high area of land with steep sides.

Ben Nevis, in Scotland, is Britain's highest mountain.

...a lovely little mountain village.

Sinónimos:peak, mount, height, ben [Scottish] Más sinónimos de mountain

2. cuantificador

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]

They are faced with a mountain of bureaucracy.

They have mountains of coffee to sell.

a mountain to climb

4. to make a mountain out of a molehill

Más sinónimos de mountain

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Video: pronunciation of 'mountain'

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

mountain in American

(ˈmaʊntən ; mountˈ'n)

sustantivo

a natural raised part of the earth's surface, usually rising more or less abruptly, and larger than a hill

2. [pl.]

a chain or group of such elevations

a large pile, heap, or mound

a very large amount

adjetivo

of a mountain or mountains

situated, living, or used in the mountains

Modismos:

the Mountain

Origen de la palabra mountain

ME montaine < OFr montaigne < VL *montanea, for L montana < montanus, mountainous < mons: see mount2

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

mountain in British

(ˈmaʊntɪn )

sustantivo

a natural upward projection of the earth's surface, higher and steeper than a hill and often having a rocky summit

(as modifier)

mountain people

mountain scenery

(in combination)

a mountaintop

a huge heap or mass

a mountain of papers

anything of great quantity or size

a surplus of a commodity, esp in the European Union

the butter mountain

5. a mountain to climb

6. make a mountain out of a molehill

Origen de la palabra mountain

C13: from Old French montaigne, from Vulgar Latin montānea (unattested) mountainous, from Latin montānus, from mons mountain

Frecuencia de uso de la palabra

Mountain in British

(ˈmaʊntɪn )

sustantivo

the Mountain

Origen de la palabra mountain

C18: so called because its members sat in the highest row of seats at the National Convention Hall in 1793

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