Montenegro

English

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro (from monte +‎ negro, literally “black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra, referring to Mt Lovćen.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mɒn.tɪˈnɛɡ.ɹəʊ/, /mɒn.tɪˈneɪ.ɡɹəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɑn.təˈneɪ.ɡɹoʊ/, /ˌmɑn.tɪˈni.ɡɹoʊ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Montenegro (plural Montenegroes)

  1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Translations

See also

Further reading

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/, [mõn̪.t̪eˈne.ɣ̞ɾo]

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [mun.təˈnɛ.ɣɾu]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [mon.təˈnə.ɣɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [mon.teˈne.ɣɾo]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Crimean Tatar

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧neg‧ro

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

References

Danish

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Montenegro n

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Esperanto

Montenegro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [monteˈneɡro]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡro
  • Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro (accusative Montenegron)

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Meronyms

See also

Bosnio kaj HercegovinoSerbio
      Kosovo
AdriatikoAlbanio


Faroese

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro (“black mountain”), a calque of Serbo-Croatian Cȓnā Gòra.

Proper noun

Montenegro n

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

  • Svartafjall

Finnish

Etymology

From Venetian Montenegro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmont(ː)eneɡro/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪(ː)e̞ˌne̞ɡro̞]
  • Rhymes: -eɡro
  • Syllabification(key): Mon‧te‧neg‧ro

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Montenegro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative Montenegro —
genitive Montenegron —
partitive Montenegroa —
illative Montenegroon —
singular plural
nominative Montenegro —
accusative nom. Montenegro —
gen. Montenegron
genitive Montenegron —
partitive Montenegroa —
inessive Montenegrossa —
elative Montenegrosta —
illative Montenegroon —
adessive Montenegrolla —
ablative Montenegrolta —
allative Montenegrolle —
essive Montenegrona —
translative Montenegroksi —
abessive Montenegrotta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Montenegro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Montenegroni —
accusative nom. Montenegroni —
gen. Montenegroni
genitive Montenegroni —
partitive Montenegroani —
inessive Montenegrossani —
elative Montenegrostani —
illative Montenegrooni —
adessive Montenegrollani —
ablative Montenegroltani —
allative Montenegrolleni —
essive Montenegronani —
translative Montenegrokseni —
abessive Montenegrottani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Montenegrosi —
accusative nom. Montenegrosi —
gen. Montenegrosi
genitive Montenegrosi —
partitive Montenegroasi —
inessive Montenegrossasi —
elative Montenegrostasi —
illative Montenegroosi —
adessive Montenegrollasi —
ablative Montenegroltasi —
allative Montenegrollesi —
essive Montenegronasi —
translative Montenegroksesi —
abessive Montenegrottasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Montenegromme —
accusative nom. Montenegromme —
gen. Montenegromme
genitive Montenegromme —
partitive Montenegroamme —
inessive Montenegrossamme —
elative Montenegrostamme —
illative Montenegroomme —
adessive Montenegrollamme —
ablative Montenegroltamme —
allative Montenegrollemme —
essive Montenegronamme —
translative Montenegroksemme —
abessive Montenegrottamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Montenegronne —
accusative nom. Montenegronne —
gen. Montenegronne
genitive Montenegronne —
partitive Montenegroanne —
inessive Montenegrossanne —
elative Montenegrostanne —
illative Montenegroonne —
adessive Montenegrollanne —
ablative Montenegroltanne —
allative Montenegrollenne —
essive Montenegronanne —
translative Montenegroksenne —
abessive Montenegrottanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Montenegronsa —
accusative nom. Montenegronsa —
gen. Montenegronsa
genitive Montenegronsa —
partitive Montenegroaan
Montenegroansa
—
inessive Montenegrossaan
Montenegrossansa
—
elative Montenegrostaan
Montenegrostansa
—
illative Montenegroonsa —
adessive Montenegrollaan
Montenegrollansa
—
ablative Montenegroltaan
Montenegroltansa
—
allative Montenegrolleen
Montenegrollensa
—
essive Montenegronaan
Montenegronansa
—
translative Montenegrokseen
Montenegroksensa
—
abessive Montenegrottaan
Montenegrottansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

See also

Galician

Etymology 1

From monte + negro, "Black Mountain".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌmonteˈneɣɾʊ]

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. an ancient territory in northern Galicia
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

From Venetian Montenegro.

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Derived terms

References

  • “Montenegro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “Montenegro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Montenegro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Montenegro n (proper noun, genitive Montenegros or (optionally with an article) Montenegro)

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
    Synonym: (archaic; before World War I) Schwarzenberg

Derived terms

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monteˈneɡro/

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmon.teˈne.ɡro/
  • Rhymes: -eɡro
  • Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧né‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montenegro

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mõ.teˈne.ɡɾo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mõ.tɨˈne.ɡɾu/ [mõ.tɨˈne.ɣɾu]

  • Rhymes: -eɡɾu
  • Hyphenation: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Venetian Montenegro. By surface analysis, monte (“mountain”) +‎ negro (“dark”).

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
Usage notes

Montenegro is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. A parish of Faro, Portugal

Proper noun

Montenegro m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

Ellipsis of São João de Montenegro. First attested in 1916.[1]

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

References

  1. “Montenegro | História & Fotos”, in IBGE‎ (in Portuguese), 2015, archived from the original on 2023-03-04

Sardinian

Proper noun

Montenegro ?

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/ [mõn̪.t̪eˈne.ɣ̞ɾo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡɾo
  • Syllabification: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro m

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
  2. a surname

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Montenegro n (genitive Montenegros)

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Montenegro (“Montenegro”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /monteˈneɡɾo/ [mon.tɛˈnɛ.ɡɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɡɾo
  • Syllabification: Mon‧te‧ne‧gro

Proper noun

Montenegro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜄ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)
  2. a surname from Spanish, the 460th most common in the Philippines

Veps

Etymology

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Proper noun

Montenegro (genitive Montenegron, partitive Montenegrod)

  1. Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)

Inflection

Inflection of Montenegro (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. Montenegro
genitive sing. Montenegron
partitive sing. Montenegrod
partitive plur. —
singular plural
nominative Montenegro —
accusative Montenegron —
genitive Montenegron —
partitive Montenegrod —
essive-instructive Montenegron —
translative Montenegroks —
inessive Montenegros —
elative Montenegrospäi —
illative Montenegroho —
adessive Montenegrol —
ablative Montenegrolpäi —
allative Montenegrole —
abessive Montenegrota —
comitative Montenegronke —
prolative Montenegrodme —
approximative I Montenegronno —
approximative II Montenegronnoks —
egressive Montenegronnopäi —
terminative I Montenegrohosai —
terminative II Montenegrolesai —
terminative III Montenegrossai —
additive I Montenegrohopäi —
additive II Montenegrolepäi —

Synonyms

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