monte
A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them…A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
» I saw Mary in Monte Carlo.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
(Latin America, countable)A wood or forest; timberland.
Examples
9 sentencesI saw Mary in Monte Carlo.
A fierce battle took place at Monte Cassino.
Are you reading "The Count of Monte Cristo"?
ruТы читаешь "Графа Монте-Кристо"?
deLiest du gerade das Buch "Der Graf von Monte Christo"?
He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo.
St. Benedict established his first monastery on top of Monte Cassino.
ruПервый монастырь Святой Бенедикт основал на вершине Монтекассино.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to theBorrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.
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Forms
plural: montesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time:three-card monte
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable