English

Adjective

montane ‎(comparative more montane, superlative most montane)

1. Mountainous; specifically, pertaining to the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
   • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2000, p. 27:

     The gorilla's ancestor had probably taken to the montane forests of a string of central African volcanoes, cutting itself off from the genes of other apes.

See also

• alpine
• subalpine

Noun

montane ‎(plural montanes)

1. Flora and fauna of a montane habitat.
   • 2005, Peter Taylor, Beyond Conservation: A Wildland Strategy, page 84

     The wintergreens, and northern montanes such as Linnaea have their stronghold in these pinewoods and some of their rarity may be due to the reduction in the extent of the forest.

Anagrams

• nonmeat, nonteam

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈtaːnə/
• Hyphenation: mon‧ta‧ne

Adjective

montane

1. inflected form of montan

Italian

Adjective

montane f pl

1. feminine plural of montano

Anagrams

• manneto, mentano, nomante

Latin

Adjective

montane

1. vocative masculine singular of montanus