mons

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mons"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒnz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒnz

Noun

mons (plural montes)

1. (obsolete, palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of mons pubis.
   • 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 316:

     Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself.

3. (astronomy, geology) An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.

   Olympus Mons (on Mars)

   Maxwell Montes (on Venus)

Related terms

• mons veneris
• mons Venus

Translations

fleshy area at the base of fingers

Finnish: kukkula (fi)

mons pubis — see mons pubis

astronomy: mountain on a planet or moon

Finnish: vuori (fi)

Anagrams

• MNOs, nMOS, noms

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /mɔn˧˩/
• (Longchuan) [mun³¹]
• (Xiandao) [m̥un⁵¹]

Numeral

mons

1. ten thousand

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 83

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmons]

Noun

mons

1. plural of món (“world”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• mos (standard)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /muns/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /mons/ (always unstressed)

Determiner

mons

1. (dialectal) masculine plural of mon

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French monstre (“monster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃s/

Noun

mons

1. (mythology) monster (a terrifying or dangerous mystical creature)