noun
Meaning 1
The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Nice dismount!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dismount
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪsˈmaʊnt/
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noun
Meaning 2
The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To (cause to) get off (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- She carefully dismounted from the horse.
- She carefully dismounted the horse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To come down; to descend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discontinuance, discontinuation
verb
Meaning 8
alight from (a horse)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unhorse, light, get off, get down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
History
Etymology
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: sortida — part of gymnastics routine
- Finnish: alastulo — part of gymnastics routine
- Finnish: laskea — to cause to get off
- Finnish: jalkauttaa — to cause to get off
- Polish: zsadzać — to cause to get off
- Polish: zsadzić — to cause to get off
- Arabic: تَرَجَّل (tarajjal) — to get off
- Azerbaijani: enmək — to get off
- Azerbaijani: düşmək — to get off
- Azerbaijani: piyadalanmaq — to get off
- Azerbaijani: piyadalaşmaq — to get off
- Bulgarian: слизам (slizam) — to get off
- Catalan: descavalcar — to get off
- Catalan: desmuntar — to get off
- Cherokee: ᎠᏠᎢᏍᎦ (atloisga) — to get off
- Chinese Mandarin: 下馬 /下马 (xiàmǎ) — to get off
- Dutch: demonteer — to get off
- Dutch: afstappen — to get off
- Esperanto: deĉevaliĝi — to get off
- Finnish: laskeutua — to get off
- Finnish: jalkautua — to get off
- French: démonter — to get off
- German: abnehmen — to get off
- German: absteigen — to get off
- Greek: κατεβεί (kateveí) — to get off
- Irish: tuirling — to get off
- Old Irish: do·aurling — to get off
- Italian: smontarsi — to get off
- Latin: descendō — to get off
- Latin: dismontō — to get off
- Māori: makere — to get off
- Polish: zsiadać — to get off
- Polish: zsiąść — to get off
- Portuguese: desmontar — to get off
- Russian: слеза́ть (slezátʹ) — to get off
- Russian: слезть (sleztʹ) — to get off
- Russian: спе́шиваться (spéšivatʹsja) — to get off
- Russian: спе́шиться (spéšitʹsja) — to get off
- Russian: выса́живаться (vysáživatʹsja) — to get off
- Russian: вы́садиться (výsaditʹsja) — to get off
- Spanish: desmontar — to get off
- Chinese Mandarin: 卸下 (xièxià) — (computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use
- French: démonter — (computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use
- Russian: демонти́ровать (demontírovatʹ) — (computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use
- Finnish: laskea — to remove (something) from its support
- Russian: демонти́ровать (demontírovatʹ) — to remove (something) from its support
- Russian: вынима́ть (vynimátʹ) — to remove (something) from its support
- Russian: вы́нуть (výnutʹ) — to remove (something) from its support
- Russian: снима́ть (snimátʹ) — to remove (something) from its support
- Russian: снять (snjatʹ) — to remove (something) from its support
- Bulgarian: слизам (slizam) — to come down; to descend
- Finnish: laskea — to come down; to descend
- Finnish: laskeutua — to come down; to descend
- French: descendre — to come down; to descend
- Russian: спуска́ться (spuskátʹsja) — to come down; to descend
- Russian: спусти́ться (spustítʹsja) — to come down; to descend