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mons en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɒnz/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns (“mountain”). Doublet of mount.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, qualifier:palmistry) One of the fleshy areas at the base of the fingers; a mount.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of mons pubis.
    alt of mons pubis
    • Hesitantly, she used one finger to stroke the very top of the mons, surprised at its fatty, downy fullness — unfamiliar, despite a life of touching herself. 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 316:
  3. An extraterrestrial mountain or volcano.
    • Olympus Mons
    • Maxwell Montes

Forms

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Relateds

mons veneris · mons Venus

Translations (2)

fi kukkula (fleshy area at the base of fingers) · fi vuori (astronomy: mountain on a planet or moon)