monter

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monter - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɔ̃.te/

Verb

monter

  1. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
  2. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
  3. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
  4. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
  5. to stage, put on (a show)
  6. to ride (a horse)
  7. to mount (a horse)
  8. (transitive) to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)
    • J'ai monté les valises.
      • I brought up the cases.
  9. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
  10. to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
  11. to put up (a tent)
    • Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit.
      • Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.
  12. to assemble (put together)
    • Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier.
      • One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves.
  13. to string (an instrument)
  14. (cinematography) to edit

Usage notes

This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence être is used to form the perfect tense when monter has the sense "go up, climb, ascend", while avoir is used when it has the senses "put on, stage", "ride", "bring up".

  • ils sont montés dans la voiturethey got into the car
  • elles ont monté les valises dans la chambrethey put the suitcases in the bedroom

Conjugation

infinitive simple monter
compound avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple montant /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle monté /mɔ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple tenses) present monte /mɔ̃t/ montes /mɔ̃t/ monte /mɔ̃t/ montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ montez /mɔ̃.te/ montent /mɔ̃t/
imperfect montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ montais /mɔ̃.tɛ/ montait /mɔ̃.tɛ/ montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ montaient /mɔ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 montai /mɔ̃.te/ montas /mɔ̃.ta/ monta /mɔ̃.ta/ montâmes /mɔ̃.tam/ montâtes /mɔ̃.tat/ montèrent /mɔ̃.tɛʁ/
future monterai /mɔ̃.tʁe/ monteras /mɔ̃.tʁa/ montera /mɔ̃.tʁa/ monterons /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ monterez /mɔ̃.tʁe/ monteront /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ monterais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ monterait /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ monterions /mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ monteriez /mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ monteraient /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses) present perfect present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir or être + past participle
future perfect future of avoir or être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses) present monte /mɔ̃t/ montes /mɔ̃t/ monte /mɔ̃t/ montions /mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ montiez /mɔ̃.tje/ montent /mɔ̃t/
imperfect2 montasse /mɔ̃.tas/ montasses /mɔ̃.tas/ montât /mɔ̃.ta/ montassions /mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ montassiez /mɔ̃.ta.sje/ montassent /mɔ̃.tas/
(compound tenses) past present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative tu nous vous
simple monte /mɔ̃t/ montons /mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ montez /mɔ̃.te/
compound simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

monter - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmontɐ/

Adjective

monter (masculine monteren, neuter montert, comparative méi monter, superlative am montersten)

  1. lively, awake
  2. merry, gay

Declension

number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass monter si ass monter et ass monter si si(nn) monter
nominative / accusative attributive and/or after determiner monteren monter montert monter
independent without determiner monteres monterer
dative after any declined word monteren monterer monteren monteren
as first declined word monterem monterem

Adverb

monter

  1. merrily

monter - Middle French

Verb

monter

  1. to go up
  2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive simple monter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple montant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle monté
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple tenses) present monte montes monte montons montez montent
imperfect montois, montoys montois, montoys montoit, montoyt montions, montyons montiez, montyez montoient, montoyent
past historic monta montas monta montasmes montastes monterent
future monterai, monteray monteras montera monterons monterez monteront
conditional monterois, monteroys monterois, monteroys monteroit, monteroyt monterions, monteryons monteriez, monteryez monteroient, monteroyent
(compound tenses) present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses) present monte montes monte montons montez montent
imperfect montasse montasses montast montassions montassiez montassent
(compound tenses) past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative tu nous vous
simple monte montons montez
compound simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Derived terms

monter - Norman

Verb

monter

  1. (Jersey) to go up

Synonyms

Antonyms

monter - Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

monter

  1. imperative of montere

monter - Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

monter

  1. to go up
  2. to mount (a horse, etc.)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

simple compound
infinitive monter avoir monté
gerund en montant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle montant
past participle monté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple tenses present mont montes monte montons montez montent
imperfect montoie, monteie, montoe, monteve montoies, monteies, montoes, monteves montoit, monteit, montot, monteve montiiens, montiens montiiez, montiez montoient, monteient, montoent, montevent
preterite montai montas monta montames montastes monterent
future monterai monteras montera monterons monteroiz, montereiz, monterez monteront
conditional monteroie, montereie monteroies, montereies monteroit, montereit monteriiens, monteriens monteriiez, monteriez monteroient, montereient
compound tenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple tenses present mont monz mont montons montez montent
imperfect montasse montasses montast montissons, montissiens montissoiz, montissez, montissiez montassent
compound tenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative tu nos vos
monte montons montez

Descendants

monter - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmɔn.tɛr/
  • Syllabification: mon‧ter

Noun

monter m pers (feminine monterka)

  1. fitter (a person who fits or assembles something)

Declension

singular plural
nominative monter monterzy/montery (depreciative)
genitive montera monterów
dative monterowi monterom
accusative montera monterów
instrumental monterem monterami
locative monterze monterach
vocative monterze monterzy

monter - Swedish

Noun

monter

  1. exhibition stand, stand
  2. museum display case, display case

Declension

Declension of monter 

Anagrams

Meaning and Definition of monter
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