Phrase guide

Mont Blanc

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌmɔn ˈblɑnk/
  • US: /ˌmɑn-/
  • US: /-ˈblɑŋk/
  • rhymes with -ɒŋ
  • rhymes with -ɒŋk

1

name

Meaning 1

The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dessert consisting of chestnut purée which has been riced or extruded into vermicelli-like noodles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Mont Blanc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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4

noun

Meaning 4

the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy to the south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Monte Bianco

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mountain peak

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”). The dessert is named from its resemblance to the mountain.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Mont Blank — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Amharic: ሞን ብላን (mon bəlan) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Arabic: مُونْ بْلَان (mūn blān) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Arabic: مون بلان (mōn blān) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Armenian: Մոնբլան (Monblan) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Azerbaijani: Monblan — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Belarusian: Манбла́н (Manblán) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Bengali: মোঁ ব্লঁ (mō̃ blõ) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Bengali: মঁ ব্লঁ (mõ blõ) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Breton: Menez Gwenn — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Bulgarian: Монбла́н (Monblán) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Chinese Cantonese: 白朗峰 (baak6 long5 fung1) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勃朗峰 (Bólǎng fēng) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Esperanto: Blanka Monto — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Esperanto: Blank-Monto — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Estonian: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Finnish: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • French: mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • French: Mont-Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Georgian: მონბლანი (monblani) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • German: Montblanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • German: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Greek: Λευκό Όρος (Lefkó Óros) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Hebrew: מוֹן בְּלָאן (Mon Blan) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Hungarian: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Icelandic: Hvítfjall — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Ido: Blanka-Monto — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Ido: Monto Blanka — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Italian: Monte Bianco — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Japanese: モンブラン (Monburan) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Khmer: ម៉ុង ប្លុង (mong plong) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Korean: 몽블랑 산 (Mongbeullang san) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Korean: 몬테비안코 산 (Montebianko san) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Latin: Rūpēs Alba — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Latvian: Monblāns — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Lithuanian: Monblanas — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Lombard: Mont Bianch — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Macedonian: Монбла́н (Monblán) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Marathi: माँ ब्लाँक (mŏ̃ blŏṅka) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Nepali: मोन्ट ब्लाङ्क (monṭa blāṅka) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Norman: Blianc Mont — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Occitan: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Persian: مون بلان (mon blân) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Polish: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Portuguese: Monte Branco — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Russian: Монбла́н (Monblán) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Монблан — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mont Blanc — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Sicilian: Munti Jancu — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Tamil: மோண்ட் பிளாங்க் (mōṇṭ piḷāṅk) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Tamil: மோன்தே பியாங்கோ (mōṉtē piyāṅkō) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Thai: มงบล็อง (mong-blɔng) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Thai: มอนเตเบียนโก (mɔɔn-dtee-biian-goo) — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Uzbek: Monblan — the highest mountain in Europe
  • Yiddish: מאָן בלאַנק — the highest mountain in Europe
  • French: mont-blanc — chestnut purée dessert
  • Italian: montblanc — chestnut purée dessert
  • Italian: montebianco — chestnut purée dessert
  • Japanese: モンブラン — chestnut purée dessert