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montes

/ˈmɒntiz/

montes is the plural of mons.

montes is the plural of monte.

Meaning of mons

Noun

mons (plural montes)

  1. (obsolete, palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
  2. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
    • Olympus Mons

See all 5 meanings of mons

Meaning of monte

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.

See all 3 meanings of monte

Proper noun capitalized: Montes

Montes (plural Monteses)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of montes

pluralMonteses

Origin of montes

From Spanish Montes.

Phrases with montes

Questions about montes

What does montes mean?
Montes means a surname from Spanish.
What is montes the plural of?
Montes is the plural of mons.
What part of speech is montes?
Montes is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce montes?
Montes is pronounced /ˈmɒntiz/.

Words near montes in the dictionary

  1. Monterrosos
  2. Monterroza
  3. Monterrozas
  4. monterry
  5. Monters
  6. montes
  7. montes pubis
  8. montes veneris
  9. Montesano
  10. Montesdeoca
  11. Montesdeocas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: montes (page history and authors); Montes (page history and authors); mons (page history and authors); monte (page history and authors). 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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