noun, feminine/mɔ̃.taɲ/plural: montagnes
mountain; mountain (huge amount); mountain (challenging task); a very large, muscular man
“des montagnes de dettes” — mountains of debts
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *móntis Proto-Italic *monts Latin mont- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin -ānia Early Medieval Latin montānia Old French montaigne Middle French montaigne French montagne Inherited from Middle French montaigne, from Old French montaigne, from Early Medi