Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mount

/maʊnt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
mount
IPA
/maʊnt/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hill or mountain.

noun

Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

noun

A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.

Obsolete

noun

A bank; a fund.

Obsolete

noun

A green hillock in the base of a shield.

noun

An animal, usually a horse, used to ride on.

noun

A car, bicycle, or motorcycle used for racing.

noun

A mounting; an object on which another object is mounted.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /maʊnt/
  • British English: /maʊnt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mounts (plural) mounts (present, singular) mounting (participle, present) mounted (participle, past) mounted (past)

Derived Forms

marchmount montuous Mountbatten Mountfield mountlet Mt. Rosemount seamount trimount Westmount covermount flatmount

Phrases

Boona Mount Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Fitzgeralds Mount Lower Mount Walker Marshall Mount Marys Mount Mount Abundance Mount Adams

Frequently Paired Words

mont draught horse amount mountain paramount surmount

Synonyms

steed build mons coitize go to bed with sleep with climb saddle horse riding horse

Antonyms

dismount demount unmount

Rhymes With

account amount count discount mt recount blount surmount yount miscount viscount dismount

Questions

How do you pronounce mount?
The recorded pronunciation is /maʊnt/.
What does mount mean?
A hill or mountain.
Where does mount come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mount

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