montant
French, noun/mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
montant is spelled M-O-N-T-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written French, the 1,739th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Montant is a French masculine noun meaning “a (monetary) amount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of monter. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pièce de bois, de pierre ou de fer, posée verticalement dans certains ouvrages de menuiserie, de serrurerie…”.
What does montant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
upwards, climbing
- 2
uphill
noun
- 1
masculinea (monetary) amount
- 2
masculinea structural montant
verb
- 1
present participle of monter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui monte. 2. Qui va des notes graves aux notes élevées. 3. Vertical. 4. En poste, par opposition à ce qu’on relève et qu’on appelle descendant.
noun: 1. Pièce de bois, de pierre ou de fer, posée verticalement dans certains ouvrages de menuiserie, de serrurerie, etc. 2. Total d’un compte, d’une recette, d’une dépense, etc. 3. Goût relevé de certaines choses. 4. Piquant.
noun: 1. La marée montante, le flot.
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 montant
- montante feminine
- montants masculine plural
- montantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce montant?
- /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
- \mɔ̃.tɑ̃\
- [mɔ̃.tɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to montant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is montant in French?
montant appears 48 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).