monture

English

Etymology

From French monture.

Noun

monture (plural montures)

1. A mounting, setting, or frame.

Anagrams

• mounter, remount

French

Etymology

From monter (“to mount”) +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.tyʁ/

Noun

monture f (plural montures)

1. a mount, an animal which is ridden
2. a setting, bezel, frame etc. onto or into which an object is mounted
3. a mechanical mounting job

Related terms

• montage m
• monter
• monteur m

Descendants

• → German: Montur
  • → Polish: mundur
    • → Russian: мундир (mundir), мунди́ръ (mundír) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → Estonian: munder
      • → Romanian: mundir

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• monteur
• mueront

Middle English

Noun

monture

1. Alternative form of mounture