How to pronounce montane
American English pronunciation
mahn-TAYN
- IPA
- /mɑnˈteɪn/
- Syllables
- mahn · TAYN (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What montane means
Living or growing on cool mountain slopes
In a sentence: Montane flowers bloomed between the rocks just below the line where the trees stop.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning of a mountain, from the Latin word for mountain.
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