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montagnard

/ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
mon-tag-nard
IPA
/ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.

noun

A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.

noun

A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

noun

A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.

Etymology

Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/
  • British English: /ˌmɒn.tənˈjɑːd/

Inflected Forms

Montagnards (plural)

Synonyms

Degar

Questions

How do you pronounce montagnard?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/.
What does montagnard mean?
A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
Where does montagnard come from?
It is traced to French.

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