What does monte in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word monte in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use monte in Italian.

The word monte in Italian means mountain, mount, total, heap, pile, mountain, deck, mount, fund, bank, financial enterprise, stud, riding style, before, upstream, fall apart, nip in the bud, to upset someone's plans, Mont Blanc, pawnshop, Monte di Pieta`, mons pubis, hours spent on work-related activities, jackpot, total wages, total earnings, Vaccinium vitis idaea. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word monte

mountain, mount

sostantivo maschile (montagna)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Quanto è alto questo monte?
How high is this mountain?

total

sostantivo maschile (premi, ore, salari: ammontare)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il monte premi è arrivato a quasi un milione di euro. Dopo tutti i miei straordinari il mio monte ore è così elevato che il capo mi ha chiesto di stare a casa due settimane.
The total prize money is now nearly a million euros.

heap, pile, mountain

sostantivo maschile (figurato (mucchio, grande quantità)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Claudio non può venire; ha un monte di cose da fare oggi.
Claudio can't come; he has a mountain of stuff to do today.

deck

sostantivo maschile (pila di carte) (cards)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se vuoi, puoi ripescare una carta dal monte.
If you want you can take a card from the discard pile.

mount

sostantivo maschile (chiromanzia (sporgenze del palmo della mano) (chiromancy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La chiromante osservò preoccupata il monte della Luna.
The fortune teller was worried by the mount of the moon.

fund, bank, financial enterprise

sostantivo maschile (nome di enti assistenziali o bancari)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mio zio gestisce un monte dei pegni.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. My best friend works in the city and manages a bank.

stud

sostantivo femminile (accoppiamento di animali domestici) (animal breeding)

(noun as adjective: Describes another noun--for example, "boat race," "dogfood.")
Nella fattoria di mio zio ci sono due buoi e un toro da monta.

riding style

sostantivo femminile (modo di cavalcare) (style)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ci sono diversi sistemi di monta dei cavalli da corsa.

before

avverbio (letterale (più in su)

(preposition: Relates noun or pronoun to another element of sentence--for example, "a picture of John," "She walked from my house to yours.")

upstream

avverbio (figurato (prima)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Per risolvere i problemi, devi affrontare la situazione a monte.
You have to tackle the issues upstream to solve the problems.

fall apart

nip in the bud

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
The arguments will continue unless we get to the bottom of things.

to upset someone's plans

Mont Blanc

pawnshop

Monte di Pieta`

(Malta)

mons pubis

sostantivo maschile (di vulva)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hours spent on work-related activities

(unions)

jackpot

total wages, total earnings

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

Vaccinium vitis idaea

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