Mont Blanc

See also: montblanc, mont-blanc, Montblanc, and mont Blanc

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mont Blanc (literally “white mountain”), from mont (“mount”) + blanc (“white”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒ̃ ˈblɒ̃(k)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔn ˈblɑnk/, /ˌmɑn-/, /-ˈblɑŋk/
Rhymes: -ɒŋ, -ɒŋk

Proper noun

Mont Blanc

The highest mountain in Europe, in the Alps between France and Italy.

Derived terms

Mont Blanc ruby

Translations

the highest mountain in Europe

Albanian: Mont Blank m
Amharic: ሞን ብላን m (mon bəlan)
Arabic: مُونْ بْلَان m (mūn blān)
Hijazi Arabic: مون بلان m (mōn blān)
Armenian: Մոնբլան (Monblan)
Azerbaijani: Monblan
Belarusian: Манбла́н m (Manblán)
Bengali: মোঁ ব্লঁ (mō̃ blõ), মঁ ব্লঁ (mõ blõ)
Breton: Menez Gwenn m
Bulgarian: Монбла́н m (Monblán)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 白朗峰 (baak⁶ long⁵ fung¹)

Mandarin: 勃朗峰 (zh) (Bólǎng fēng)
Esperanto: Blanka Monto, Blank-Monto
Estonian: Mont Blanc (et)
Finnish: Mont Blanc
French: mont Blanc (fr) m, Mont-Blanc (fr) m
Georgian: მონბლანი (monblani)
German: Montblanc (de) m, Mont Blanc (de) m
Greek: Λευκό Όρος n (Lefkó Óros)
Hebrew: מוֹן בְּלָאן m (Mon Blan)
Hungarian: Mont Blanc (hu)
Icelandic: Hvítfjall n
Ido: Blanka-Monto (io), Monto Blanka
Italian: Monte Bianco m
Japanese: モンブラン (ja) (Monburan)
Khmer: ម៉ុង ប្លុង (mong plong)
Korean: 몽블랑 산 (Mongbeullang san), 몬테비안코 산 (Montebianko san)
Latin: Rūpēs Alba f
Latvian: Monblāns m
Lithuanian: Monblanas m
Lombard: Mont Bianch m
Macedonian: Монбла́н m (Monblán)
Marathi: माँ ब्लाँक n (mŏ̃ blŏṅka)
Nepali: मोन्ट ब्लाङ्क (monṭa blāṅka)
Norman: Blianc Mont m
Occitan: Mont Blanc m
Persian: مون بلان (fa) (mon blân)
Polish: Mont Blanc (pl) m
Portuguese: Monte Branco m
Russian: Монбла́н (ru) m (Monblán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Монблан m

Roman: Mont Blanc (sh) m
Sicilian: Munti Jancu m
Tamil: மோண்ட் பிளாங்க் (mōṇṭ piḷāṅk), மோன்தே பியாங்கோ (mōṉtē piyāṅkō)
Thai: มงบล็อง (mong-blɔng), มอนเตเบียนโก (mɔɔn-dtee-biian-goo)
Uzbek: Monblan
Yiddish: מאָן בלאַנק m (mon blank)