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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-mount.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�nt|-a�nt

Etymology 1
From OE. munt.

Noun
en-noun

1. A mountain, as in Mount Everest
2. A horse used to ride on, unlike a draught horse

#: The rider climbed onto his mount.

1. The number of riders in a cavalry unit or division

#: The General said he has 2,000 mounts.

Translations
trans-top|mountain
Dutch: berg m
Finnish: vuori
French: mont m
German: Berg m
Hungarian: hegy
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Italian: monte#Italian|monte m
Portuguese: monte#Portuguese|monte m
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trans-top|horse
Dutch: rijpaard n
Finnish: ratsu
French: monture f
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Polish: wierzchowiec m
Portuguese: montaria f
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trans-top|rider in cavalry
Dutch: ruiter m
Finnish: ratsu
French: cavalier m
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German: Reiter m
Portuguese: konny m
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Etymology 2
Middle English from Old French, compare French monter

Verb
en-verb

1. To go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.

#*Antonym: dismount
#: The rider mounted his horse.

1. To attach an object to a support, as to mount a mailbox on a post

#*Antonym: demount

1. computing To attach a drive or device to the directory structure in order to make it available to the operating system.

#*Antonyms: usually unmount, sometimes dismount, rarely demount

1. To get on top of an animal to mate.
2. slang to have sexual intercourse with someone, something.

#*Synonyms - see WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse

1. To begin a military assault<!-- Antonyms? -->

#: The General gave the order to mount the attack.

Translations
trans-top|climb up/on; to ride
Dutch: beklimmen
Finnish: kiivetä, nousta
French: chevaucher
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Portuguese: montar
Telugu: ����� (ekku)
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trans-top|attach an object
Finnish: kiinnittää
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trans-top|{{italbrac|Computing| attach drive or device}}
Finnish: liittää
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Portuguese: montar
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trans-top|begin a military assault
Finnish: järjestää
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Luxembourgish

Noun
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1. month

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