English Explanatory Dictionary

montane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
noun
  1. An animal or a plant of a montane habitat.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

montane more montane most montane montanes

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Latin montānus (“of or pertaining to a mountain”). Synchronically, it can be seen to have the suffix English -ane (variant of -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives)). Montānus is derived from mōns (“mount, mountain”) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective.

Synonyms

alpine

Antonyms

nonalpine low-lying coastal

Related words

cismontane montanic montuous mount mountain mountaineer mountainous mountainously tramontane transmontane ultramontane topographic

Derived words

Afromontane altimontane boreomontane boreo-montane intermontane intramontane premontane submontane
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