"mountant" meaning in English

See mountant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more mountant [comparative], most mountant [superlative]
Etymology: mount + -ant. Doublet of montant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mount|ant}} mount + -ant, {{doublet|en|montant}} Doublet of montant Head templates: {{en-adj}} mountant (comparative more mountant, superlative most mountant)
  1. (archaic) Rising Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-mountant-en-adj-Ui5VSa8B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 3 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 67 6 26 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 72 2 16 1 9 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ant: 75 2 16 1 6

Noun

Forms: mountants [plural]
Etymology: mount + -ant. Doublet of montant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mount|ant}} mount + -ant, {{doublet|en|montant}} Doublet of montant Head templates: {{en-noun}} mountant (plural mountants)
  1. (microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide Categories (topical): Microscopy
    Sense id: en-mountant-en-noun-sVZY8gbH
  2. (photography, dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount Tags: dated Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-mountant-en-noun-WzULBhId Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: montant

Inflected forms

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