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montaigne

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
mon-taigne
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.

Countable

name

Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French Montaigne.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Montaignes (plural)

Derived Forms

Montaignian

Frequently Paired Words

Montano Mountain

Questions

What does montaigne mean?
A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
Where does montaigne come from?
It is traced to French.

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