Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tant
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

noun

The medium used for mounting a slide

noun

The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount

Dated

Example Sentences

"Hold up, you sluts, / Your aprons mountant"
"Both mountants can be placed on the same slide, with spores placed in each."
"The favourite professional mountant was, and to some extent still is, starch paste."
"This photo-mountant costs about sixpence a pot, but you can buy a bottle of gum for a penny."

Etymology

From mount + -ant. Doublet of montant.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mount

Usage

Inflected Forms

more mountant (comparative) most mountant (superlative) mountants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

montant

Questions

What does mountant mean?: Rising
Where does mountant come from?: From mount + -ant. Doublet of montant.

How to pronounce mountant

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