Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

    bergig, gebirgig

    гори́стыйgorístyj

    гори́стийhorýstyj

    containing many mountains

  2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.

    гороподо́бныйgoropodóbnyj

    like a mountain in size and impressiveness

  3. (figuratively)Very difficult.

  4. (obsolete)Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Examples

61 sentences
  1. I used to live in a mountainous area.

    Раніше я жив у горній місцевості.

    ruРаньше я жил в горной местности.

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  2. I was born in a mountainous area.

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  3. I grew up in a mountainous area.

    ruЯ вырос в горной области.

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  4. Armenia is a mountainous country.

    Вірменія — гірська країна.

    ruАрмения - горная страна.

    deArmenien ist ein bergiges Land.

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  5. Algeria's north is humid and mountainous.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having many mountains:
Русский
By meaning 2
having many mountains:
resembling a mountain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having many mountains:

Origin

From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from mon

From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

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Forms

more mountainous, most mountainous
Comparativemore mountainous Lesson
Superlativemost mountainous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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