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monte

/ˈmɒnti/

monte noun: a game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.

Noun

monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)

  1. (uncountable) A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
    • A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times
  2. (Latin-America, countable) A wood or forest; timberland.

Proper noun capitalized: Monte

Monte (plural Montes)

  1. A surname.

monte meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

monte in Hindi

मोंटे, मॉन्टे

monte in Tamil

ஒரு வகை சீட்டு விளையாட்டு

monte in Marathi

मोंटे, मॉन्टे

monte in Urdu

مونٹے
More languagesFewer languages
monte in Bengali
মন্টে, মোন্টে
monte in Telugu
మోంటే, మాంటె, మాంటే
monte in Malayalam
മോണ്ടെ, മൊണ്ടെ
monte in Kannada
ಮೊಂಟೆ, ಮಾಂಟೆ
monte in Punjabi
ਮੋਂਟੇ, ਮੌਂਟੇ
monte in Gujarati
મોંટે, મોન્ટે
monte in Odia
ମୋଣ୍ଟେ
monte in Nepali
मोन्टे, मोंटे, मन्टे

Forms of monte

Noun
pluralmontes
Proper noun
pluralMontes

Plural of monte: montes

Origin of monte

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

From Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian, from monte.

Phrases with monte

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Words that rhyme with monte

Questions about monte

What does monte mean?
Monte means a game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
What is monte in Hindi?
Monte in Hindi is मोंटे, मॉन्टे. See Monte meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is monte?
Monte can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce monte?
Monte is pronounced /ˈmɒnti/.
What is the plural of monte?
The plural of monte is montes.

Words near monte in the dictionary

  1. Montcalm
  2. Montcalm County
  3. Montceau-les-Mines
  4. Montclair
  5. Montco
  6. monte
  7. Monte Albán
  8. Monte Alegre
  9. Monte Carlian
  10. Monte Carlians
  11. Monte Carlo

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: monte (page history and authors); Monte (page history and authors); monte (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monte (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); monte (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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