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mountainous

/ˈmaʊntənəs/MOWN-tuh-nuhs
/ˈmaʊntənəs/MOWN-tuh-nuhs

Meaningfull of mountains

Common meaning: having many mountains

Other meanings: huge

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*man-‘project’source
  2. Latinmōns, montis‘a mountain, high ground’
  3. Frenchmontaigne
  4. Middle Englishmontainesource
  5. Englishmountain‘a very high hill’
  6. Englishformed in English from mountainmountainous‘having many mountains’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from mountain + -ous.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MOUNTAIN, p.380 · scan

Roots

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