Montreal

See also: Montréal and Mont-real

English

A panorama of Montreal.

Alternative forms

• (official) Montréal

Etymology

From French Montréal; from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”) (mont +‎ royal), after the nearby hill by Jacques Cartier. It is uncertain how Royal became -real. A common explanation is that real is the Middle French form of Royal, but Cartier himself recorded le mont Royal when he named it. It may have perhaps been from the Italian G.B. Rasmusio's 1556 map translating the name to Italian Monte Real.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒntɹiˈɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑntɹiˈɔl/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmʌntɹiːˈɒl/, /ˌmɔ̃ɹeɪˈæl/

  • Audio (Canada)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Proper noun

Montreal

1. A place in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint-Lawrence Rivers
   1. A river port, the largest city in Quebec, Canada.

      Synonym: City of Montreal

   2. An island in Quebec, Canada, on which the city is situated.

      Synonyms: Island of Montreal, Montreal Island

      Coordinate term: 514

   3. Ellipsis of Montreal Archipelago.; An archipelago on the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, which contains the island.

      Synonym: Hochelaga Archipelago

   4. An administrative region of Quebec, Canada, containing the island.

      Synonyms: Montreal Region, Region of Montreal, Region 6, Region 06

   5. A metropolitan area in Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.

      Hyponyms: Montreal Metropolitan Community, Montreal Urban Community, Agglomeration of Montreal, Greater Montreal Area, Greater Montreal, Metro Montreal

   6. (historical) A former county of Quebec, Canada, containing the archipelago.

      Synonyms: County of Montreal, Montreal County

   7. A district of Quebec, Canada, containing the county.

      Synonyms: District of Montreal, Montreal District

      1. (judicial) A judicial district in Quebec, Canada
      2. (historical) A former administrative district in Quebec, Canada
   8. (historical) A district of Quebec, British North America
   9. (historical) A district of Canada, New France
2. A river in Algoma and Sudbury districts, Ontario, Canada.
3. A river in Timiskaming district, Ontario, Canada.
4. A river in No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada.
5. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.
6. A small city in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
7. A river on the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States.
8. A river in northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States.

Synonyms

• Mtl., Mtl, MTL; (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Montrealer
• Montreal-style
• Montreal bagel
• Montreal smoked meat
• Montreal staircase
• Montreal North
• Montreal nutmeg melon
• Montreal Protocol
• Montreal South
• Montreal East
• Montreal West
• Old Montreal

Translations

a city in Quebec

• Arabic: مُونْتْرِيَال m (montreāl)
• Armenian: Մոնրեալ (Monreal)
• Belarusian: Манрэа́ль m (Manreálʹ)
• Bulgarian: Монреа́л m (Monreál)
• Catalan: Mont-real (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 滿地可／满地可 (mun⁵ dei⁶ ho²)

  Mandarin: 蒙特利爾／蒙特利尔 (zh) (Méngtèlì'ěr), 蒙特婁／蒙特娄 (Méngtèlóu), 滿地河／满地河 (Mǎndìhé), 蒙城 (zh) (Méngchéng) (short form)

• Esperanto: Montrealo
• Farefare: Mõrɛallɛ
• Finnish: Montreal (fi)
• French: Montréal (fr) m

  Middle French: Place Royale, Ville Marie

• Georgian: მონრეალი (monreali)
• German: Montreal (de) n, Montréal (de) n
• Greek: Μόντρεαλ (el) (Móntreal), Μονρεάλη (Monreáli)
• Gujarati: મોન્ટ્રીયલ (monṭrīyal)
• Haitian Creole: Monreyal
• Hebrew: מונטריאול
• Hindi: मॉन्ट्रियल (mŏnṭriyal)
• Interlingua: Montreal
• Inuktitut: ᒧᓐᕆᐊᓪ (monrial), ᒧᓐᑐᕆᐋᓪ (montoriaal)
• Italian: Montreale f
• Japanese: モントリオール (Montoriōru), モンレアル (Monrearu)
• Khmer: ម៉ុងរ៉េអាល់ (mongreeʼal)
• Korean: 몬트리올 (ko) (Monteuriol)
• Latin: Mons Rēgius m, Mōns Rēgālis m, Marianopolis m
• Latvian: Monreala f
• Laurentian: Tutonaguy
• Lithuanian: Monrealis
• Macedonian: Монтреа́л m (Montreál)
• Norman: Mountriyal
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Montréal, Montreal

  Nynorsk: Montréal, Montreal

• Ojibwe: Mooniyaang
• Ottawa: Moon'yaang
• Persian: مونترال
• Polish: Montreal (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Montreal f, Montréal f
• Romanian: Montreal n
• Russian: Монреа́ль (ru) m (Monreálʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Rìoghail f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Монтреал m

  Roman: Montreal (sh) m

• Spanish: Montreal (es) m
• Thai: มอนทรีออล (mɔn-trii-ɔ̂l)
• Turkish: Montreal
• Ukrainian: Монреа́ль m (Monreálʹ)
• Vietnamese: Mông-rê-an, Montréal
• Yiddish: מאָנטרעאָל (montreol), מאָנטרעאַל (montreal)

an island in Quebec

• French: Montréal (fr)

  Middle French: Montreal

• Laurentian: Hochelaga

Anagrams

• loan term, morantel

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˌmon.reˈal]

Proper noun

Montreal m

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)
2. Montreal (an island in Quebec, Canada, the site of the city of Montreal)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔntʁeˈaːl]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Montreal n (proper noun, genitive Montreals or (optionally with an article) Montreal)

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Middle French

Etymology

mont +‎ real; The island was named after the mountain located on it, mont Royal, which was named by Jacques Cartier.

Proper noun

Montreal

1. An island in the Saint Lawrence River, in modern Canada, at its confluence with the Ottawa River.

Descendants

• English: Montreal
• French: Montréal

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Montreal

1. alternative form of Montréal, the largest city in Quebec, Canada

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Montreal, from French Montréal, from Mont Royal (“Mount Royal”), after the nearby mountain by Jacques Cartier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔnˈtrɛ.al/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛal
• Syllabification: Mon‧tre‧al

Proper noun

Montreal m inan

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Declension

Declension of Montreal

	singular
nominative	Montreal
genitive	Montrealu
dative	Montrealowi
accusative	Montreal
instrumental	Montrealem
locative	Montrealu
vocative	Montrealu

Derived terms

adjective

• montrealski

 

Further reading

• Montreal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Etymology

Borrowed from French Montréal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mõ.tɾeˈaw/ [mõ.tɾeˈaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.tɾiˈal/ [mõ.tɾiˈaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /mõˈtɾjal/ [mõˈtɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.tɾiˈal/ [mõ.tɾiˈaɫ], (faster pronunciation) /mõˈtɾjal/ [mõˈtɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõ.tɾiˈa.li/, (faster pronunciation) /mõˈtɾja.li/

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔntreal]

Proper noun

Montreal m inan (genitive singular Montrealu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

References

• “Montreal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Montréal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /montɾeˈal/ [mõn̪.t̪ɾeˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Mon‧tre‧al

Proper noun

Montreal f

1. Montreal (the largest city in Quebec, Canada)

Turkish

Etymology

From French Montréal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mont.ɾeˈɑl/

Noun

Montreal (definite accusative Montreali, plural Montrealler)

1. Montreal

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	Montreal
Definite accusative	Montreali
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Montreal	Montrealler
Definite accusative	Montreali	Montrealleri
Dative	Montreale	Montreallere
Locative	Montrealde	Montreallerde
Ablative	Montrealden	Montreallerden
Genitive	Montrealin	Montreallerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealim Montreallerim 2nd singular Montrealin Montreallerin 3rd singular Montreali Montrealleri 1st plural Montrealimiz Montreallerimiz 2nd plural Montrealiniz Montrealleriniz 3rd plural Montrealleri Montrealleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealimi Montreallerimi 2nd singular Montrealini Montreallerini 3rd singular Montrealini Montreallerini 1st plural Montrealimizi Montreallerimizi 2nd plural Montrealinizi Montreallerinizi 3rd plural Montreallerini Montreallerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealime Montreallerime 2nd singular Montrealine Montreallerine 3rd singular Montrealine Montreallerine 1st plural Montrealimize Montreallerimize 2nd plural Montrealinize Montreallerinize 3rd plural Montreallerine Montreallerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealimde Montreallerimde 2nd singular Montrealinde Montreallerinde 3rd singular Montrealinde Montreallerinde 1st plural Montrealimizde Montreallerimizde 2nd plural Montrealinizde Montreallerinizde 3rd plural Montreallerinde Montreallerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealimden Montreallerimden 2nd singular Montrealinden Montreallerinden 3rd singular Montrealinden Montreallerinden 1st plural Montrealimizden Montreallerimizden 2nd plural Montrealinizden Montreallerinizden 3rd plural Montreallerinden Montreallerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular Montrealimin Montreallerimin 2nd singular Montrealinin Montreallerinin 3rd singular Montrealinin Montreallerinin 1st plural Montrealimizin Montreallerimizin 2nd plural Montrealinizin Montreallerinizin 3rd plural Montreallerinin Montreallerinin