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monte-en-l'air

French, noun/mɔ̃.tɑ̃.l‿ɛʁ/

monte-en-l'air is a French masculine noun meaning “cat burglar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cambrioleur, voleur qui opère en escaladant le mur de la maison à cambrioler”.

What does monte-en-l'air mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialdatedmasculinecat burglar

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Cambrioleur, voleur qui opère en escaladant le mur de la maison à cambrioler.

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.

How do you pronounce monte-en-l'air?

  • /mɔ̃.tɑ̃.l‿ɛʁ/
  • \mɔ̃.t‿ɑ̃ l‿ɛʁ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.