Montagnard
/ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/noun
Montagnard is spelled M-O-N-T-A-G-N-A-R-D: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Montagnard means “A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Montagnard is Montagnards.
How many letters and syllables are in Montagnard?
| Letters | 10: M-O-N-T-A-G-N-A-R-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Montagnard?
Montagnard appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Montagnard?
- US /ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/
- US [ˌmɑntənˈjɑɹ(d)]
- US [ˌmɑ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑ˞(d)]
Montagnard has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with Montagnard?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Montagnard from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Montagnard
- Montagnards plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Montagnard mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
- 2
A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.
- 3
A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
- 4
A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Montagnard come from?
Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).