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Montaigne

Montaigne proper noun: a surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.

Proper noun

Montaigne (countable and uncountable, plural Montaignes)

  1. (countable) A surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
  2. Michel de Montaigne, a French philosopher

Forms of Montaigne

pluralMontaignes

Origin of Montaigne

From French Montaigne.

Words formed from Montaigne

Questions about Montaigne

What does Montaigne mean?
Montaigne means a surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
What part of speech is Montaigne?
Montaigne is a proper noun.

Words near Montaigne in the dictionary

  1. Montagu's harriers
  2. Montague
  3. Montague County
  4. Montague grammar
  5. Montagues
  6. Montaigne
  7. Montaignean
  8. Montaignesque
  9. Montaignian
  10. Montaillou
  11. montainous

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