monter
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmonter
- to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
- to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
- to get on, get in (a vehicle)
- to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
- to stage, put on (a show)
- to ride (a horse)
- to mount (a horse)
- (transitive) to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)
- J’ai monté les valises.
- I brought up the cases.
- to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
- to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
- to put up (a tent)
- Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit.
- Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.
- to assemble (put together)
- Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier.
- One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves.
- to string (an instrument)
- (cinematography) to edit
- (knitting) to cast on (stitches)
Usage notes
editThis verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence être is used to form the perfect tense when monter has the sense "go up, climb, ascend", while avoir is used when it has the senses "put on, stage", "ride", "bring up".
- ils sont montés dans la voiture ― they got into the car
- elles ont monté les valises dans la chambre ― they put the suitcases in the bedroom
Conjugation
editinfinitive | simple | monter | |||||
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compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | montant /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | monté /mɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | monte /mɔ̃t/ |
montes /mɔ̃t/ |
monte /mɔ̃t/ |
montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
montez /mɔ̃.te/ |
montent /mɔ̃t/ |
imperfect | montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
montait /mɔ̃.tɛ/ |
montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ |
montaient /mɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | montai /mɔ̃.te/ |
montas /mɔ̃.ta/ |
monta /mɔ̃.ta/ |
montâmes /mɔ̃.tam/ |
montâtes /mɔ̃.tat/ |
montèrent /mɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | monterai /mɔ̃.tʁe/ |
monteras /mɔ̃.tʁa/ |
montera /mɔ̃.tʁa/ |
monterons /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
monterez /mɔ̃.tʁe/ |
monteront /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
monterait /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
monterions /mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
monteriez /mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
monteraient /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | monte /mɔ̃t/ |
montes /mɔ̃t/ |
monte /mɔ̃t/ |
montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ |
montent /mɔ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | montasse /mɔ̃.tas/ |
montasses /mɔ̃.tas/ |
montât /mɔ̃.ta/ |
montassions /mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
montassiez /mɔ̃.ta.sje/ |
montassent /mɔ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | monte /mɔ̃t/ |
— | montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ |
montez /mɔ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “monter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editProbably via German munter from Old High German muntar. The form could also be inherited, provided that the Old High German -t- is unshifted due to the following -r- (as in bittar and wintar). The etymology of the Old High German word seems not to have been settled conclusively, although that preferred by Kluge/Seebold (2002) would yield Luxembourgish *monner. Compare German munter and borrowed Dutch monter.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmonter (masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)
Declension
editnumber and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass monter | si ass monter | et ass monter | si si(nn) monter | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | monteren | monter | montert | monter |
independent without determiner | monteres | monterer | |||
dative | after any declined word | monteren | monterer | monteren | monteren |
as first declined word | monterem | monterem |
Adverb
editmonter
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French monter.
Verb
editmonter
Conjugation
edit- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | monter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | montant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | monté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | monte | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
imperfect | montois, montoys | montois, montoys | montoit, montoyt | montions, montyons | montiez, montyez | montoient, montoyent | |
past historic | monta | montas | monta | montasmes | montastes | monterent | |
future | monterai, monteray | monteras | montera | monterons | monterez | monteront | |
conditional | monterois, monteroys | monterois, monteroys | monteroit, monteroyt | monterions, monteryons | monteriez, monteryez | monteroient, monteroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | monte | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
imperfect | montasse | montasses | montast | montassions | montassiez | montassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | monte | — | montons | montez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Derived terms
editNorman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from the Latin noun montem (“mountain”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmonter
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- d'scendre (“to go down, descend”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editmonter
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *montāre, a verb based on Latin montem (“mountain”).
Verb
editmonter
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | monter | avoir monté | |||||
gerund | en montant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | montant | ||||||
past participle | monté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | mont | montes | monte | montons | montez | montent |
imperfect | montoie, monteie, montoe, monteve | montoies, monteies, montoes, monteves | montoit, monteit, montot, monteve | montiiens, montiens | montiiez, montiez | montoient, monteient, montoent, montevent | |
preterite | montai | montas | monta | montames | montastes | monterent | |
future | monterai | monteras | montera | monterons | monteroiz, montereiz, monterez | monteront | |
conditional | monteroie, montereie | monteroies, montereies | monteroit, montereit | monteriiens, monteriens | monteriiez, monteriez | monteroient, montereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | mont | monz | mont | montons | montez | montent |
imperfect | montasse | montasses | montast | montissons, montissiens | montissoiz, montissez, montissiez | montassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | monte | — | montons | montez | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editUnsorted borrowings:
Polish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmonter m pers (female equivalent monterka)
- fitter (person who fits or assembles something)
- Synonym: instalator
Declension
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editSwedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editmonter c
- a display case (often at a museum)
- an exhibition stand, a stand
Declension
editSee also
editReferences
edit- monter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- monter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- monter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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