montant

From Italian montante

montant (plural montants)

1. (fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade
   • Host - "To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant." from The Merry Wives of Windsor (II.iii) by Shakespeare.

From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.

montant (plural montants)

1. (carpentry) An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile
2. (drinking) The first scent of a cognac
   • 2004, Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Spirits‎, →ISBN, page 238:

     Instead, let the montant meet your nose just above the rim of the glass.

montant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Ascending toward the chief of the escutcheon.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.tɑ̃/

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montant (feminine singular montante, masculine plural montants, feminine plural montantes)

1. upwards, climbing
2. uphill

montant m (plural montants)

1. a (monetary) amount
2. a structural montant

montant

1. present participle of monter

• “montant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

montant m (plural montants)

1. (Jersey, nautical) flow tide