Meaning

2 senses
  1. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.

    Olympus Mons

    Maxwell Montes

  2. (obsolete)One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.

More definitions
  • a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: montes
Singularmons
Pluralmontes

irregular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mons — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto