montant

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒntənt/

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

montant (plural montants)

1. (fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.

montant (plural montants)

1. (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
2. (drinking) The first scent of a cognac
   • 2004, Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits‎^[1], →ISBN, page 238:

     Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.

From Old French montant.

montant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.
   • 1873, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, page 178:

     […] as it is usually designated, the 'crescent montant,' has long been a symbol of the Turkish empire, which has thus […]

   • 2018 January 31, R. D. Blackmore, Delphi Complete Works of R. D. Blackmore (Illustrated), Delphi Classics, →ISBN:

     The eagle montant, to borrow a term from falconry, is understood to typify the mythical phœnix, and may be regarded as alluding to the vicissitudes of that illustrious and ever-resurgent family. […]

In heraldic descriptions, the adjective is used postpositively.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/

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montant (feminine montante, masculine plural montants, feminine plural montantes)

1. upwards, climbing
2. uphill

montant m (plural montants)

1. a (monetary) amount
2. a structural montant

montant

1. present participle of monter
2. (preceded by en) gerund of monter

• “montant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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montant m (plural montants)

1. (Jersey, nautical) flow tide