amont
French, noun/a.mɔ̃/
amont is spelled A-M-O-N-T (5 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written French, the 6,944th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amont is a French masculine noun meaning “the upstream part of a river” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Côté d’où vient un cours d’eau, sa partie supérieure opposée à la partie inférieure qu’on appelle aval”.
What does amont mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe upstream part of a river
- 2
masculinethe uphill part of a mountain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Côté d’où vient un cours d’eau, sa partie supérieure opposée à la partie inférieure qu’on appelle aval. 2. En l’air. 3. Avant. 4. Abréviation de « amont des urgences » ; désigne les services de médecine de ville (médecin traitant, spécialiste de ville).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amont
- amonts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amont?
- /a.mɔ̃/
- \a.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amont
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amont in French?
amont appears 9.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).