Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dismount

/dɪsˈmaʊnt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: dis-mount
IPA: /dɪsˈmaʊnt/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To (cause to) get off (something).

verb

To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.

verb

To come down; to descend.

Intransitive verb

verb

To throw (cannon) off their carriages.

Transitive verb

noun

The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.

noun

The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.

Example Sentences

"She carefully dismounted from the horse."
"She carefully dismounted the horse."
"Cadel Evans was the first to suffer, quickly dismounting and waiting to take a bike from one of his BMC Racing team-mates, only to discover that the first of them had also punctured."
"The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome."
"PROBLEM: A volume periodically dismounts. There are two drives with one volume on each. From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down."
"But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount."

Etymology

From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: dis
Root: *men-

Usage

Inflected Forms

dismounts (present, singular) dismounting (participle, present) dismounted (participle, past) dismounted (past) dismounts (plural)

Derived Forms

dismountable dismounter

Synonyms

umount unmount unhorse light get off get down

Antonyms

get on mount

Rhymes With

account amount count mount discount recount viscount fount surmount remount unmount miscount

Questions

How do you pronounce dismount?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈmaʊnt/.
What does dismount mean?: To (cause to) get off (something).
Where does dismount come from?: From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.

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