montre
noun
montre is a noun meaning “An organ stop, usually the open diapason, having its pipes on display as part of the organ case, or otherwise specially mounted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-N-T-R-E, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of montre is montres.
What does montre mean?
noun
- 1
An organ stop, usually the open diapason, having its pipes on display as part of the organ case, or otherwise specially mounted.
- 2
A hole in the wall of a pottery kiln, by which the state of the pieces inside can be judged.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of montre
- montres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is montre?
Montre appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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).
Where does montre come from?
French montre (“show, show case, organ case”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).