monter

See also: Monter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French monter, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

monter

1. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
2. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
3. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
4. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
5. to stage, put on (a show)
6. to ride (a horse)
7. to mount (a horse)
8. (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.

9. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
10. to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
11. to put up (a tent)

    Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit.

    Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.

12. to assemble (put together)

    Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier.

    One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves.

13. to string (an instrument)
14. (cinematography) to edit
15. (knitting) to cast on (stitches)

Usage notes

This 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

Conjugation of monter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	monter
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez
• collet monté
• coup monté
• desselle-toi que je te monte
• enlève ta soutadère que je te monte
• monté comme un âne
• monter à la tête
• monter au créneau
• monter en épingle
• monter en grade
• monter la garde
• monter sur les planches
• monter sur ses grands chevaux
• pièce montée

 

Related terms

• mont
• montage
• montagne
• monte
• monter à la tête
• monteur
• montoir
• monture
• remonter

 

Descendants

• → German: montieren
• → Polish: montaż
• → Polish: montować
• → Swedish: montera

Further reading

• “monter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mentor
• montre, montré

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Probably 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɐ/

Adjective

monter (masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)

1. lively, awake
2. merry, gay

Declension

declension of monter

number and gender		singular			plural
		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

monter

1. merrily

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French monter.

Verb

monter

1. to go up
2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of monter

infinitive	simple	monter
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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

• desmonter

Norman

Etymology

From Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from the Latin noun montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

Verb

monter

1. (Jersey) to go up

Synonyms

• ramonter

Antonyms

• d'scendre (“to go down, descend”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

monter

1. imperative of montere

Old French

Alternative forms

• munter, mounter

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *montāre, a verb based on Latin montem (“mountain”).

Verb

monter

1. to go up
2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

This 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.

    Conjugation of monter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
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

• sormonter

Descendants

• Middle French: monter
  • French: monter
• Norman: monter

Unsorted borrowings:

• → German: montieren
• → Middle English: mounten, mounte, mownte, mountyn, munt
  • English: mount
  • Scots: munt
• → Italian: montare
• → Norwegian Bokmål: montere
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: montar
  • Galician: montar
  • Portuguese: montar
• → Old Spanish: montar
  • Spanish: montar
• → Venetan: montar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French monteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔntɛr
• Syllabification: mon‧ter

Noun

monter m pers (female equivalent monterka)

1. fitter (person who fits or assembles something)

   Synonym: instalator

Declension

Declension of monter

	singular	plural
nominative	monter	monterzy/montery (deprecative)
genitive	montera	monterów
dative	monterowi	monterom
accusative	montera	monterów
instrumental	monterem	monterami
locative	monterze	monterach
vocative	monterze	monterzy

Related terms

• montaż
• montażowy
• montować
• montowanie

 

Further reading

• monter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• monter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

en glasmonter på ett museum

en monter på en mässa

Etymology

Borrowed from French montre.

Noun

monter c

1. a display case (often at a museum)
2. an exhibition stand, a stand

Declension

Declension of monter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	monter	monters
	definite	montern	monterns
plural	indefinite	montrar	montrars
	definite	montrarna	montrarnas

See also

• vitrinskåp

References

• monter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• monter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• monter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• mentor