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adj
Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: alpine
Antonyms: nonalpine, low-lying, coastal
noun
An animal or a plant of a montane habitat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or inhabiting mountainous regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
