monde

See also: Monde and mondé

English

Etymology

From French monde. Doublet of mondo.

Pronunciation

Noun

monde (plural mondes)

  1. A ball-like object, located near the top of a crown, symbolizing the globe.
    • 1754, Alexander Drummond, Travels through different cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and several parts of Asia as far as the banks of the Euphrates:
      Jesus Christ is represented as a lad about twelve years old, in a tunic and robe of brocade, with a full, fair wig, a gold crown much larger than the head, and a monde in his hand.

See also

multiword English terms containing "monde"

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

monde

  1. plural of mond

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin mundus.

Noun

monde m (plural mondes)

  1. world

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French monde (12th c.), semi-learned form of mont (10th c.), itself inherited from Latin mundus. The alteration was likely driven by the desire to distinguish from unrelated mont (“mountain”).

Noun

monde m (plural mondes)

  1. world
    C'est la plus belle fille du monde.
    She is the most beautiful girl in the world.
  2. people
    Le monde m'agace quelquefois.
    People annoy me sometimes.
    La salle était noire de monde.
    The room was full of people.
Descendants
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: monde
    • Haitian Creole: moun
  • → English: monde

Interjection

monde

  1. (Louisiana) good heavens

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus (“pure; clean”).

Adjective

monde (plural mondes)

  1. (archaic) pure; clean
    Antonym: immonde

Further reading

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French monde (“world”).

Verb

monde

  1. (Saint-Domingue) a person
    Hinder nion monde dans bisoin. ― To help a person in need.

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: moun

References

  • S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎[1] (in French), Paris

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.de/
  • Rhymes: -onde
  • Hyphenation: món‧de

Adjective

monde f pl

  1. feminine plural of mondo

Noun

monde f pl

  1. plural of monda

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French monde, from Latin mundus (“world”).

Noun

monde m (plural mondes)

  1. the world
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old French monde, from Latin mundus.

Adjective

monde m or f (plural mondes)

  1. clean; pure
Descendants

Old French

Etymology 1

    From Latin mundus.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmun.də/

    Noun

    monde oblique singular, m (oblique plural mondes, nominative singular mondes, nominative plural monde)

    1. the world
    Descendants
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

      Latin mundus.

      Adjective

      monde m (oblique and nominative feminine singular monde)

      1. clean; pure
      Descendants

      Paraguayan Guarani

      Pronunciation

      • Rhymes: -e

      Verb

      monde

      1. to dress

      Conjugation

          Conjugation of monde
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
      inclusive       		1st person
      exclusive       		2nd person 3rd person
      active
      indicative che amonde nde remonde ha'e omonde ñande ñamonde ore romonde peẽ pemonde ha'ekuéra omonde/omonde hikuái
      hortative tamonde che teremonde nde tomonde ha'e tañamonde ñande toromonde ore tapemonde peẽ tomonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - emonde - - - pemonde -
      passive
      indicative che añemonde nde reñemonde ha'e oñemonde ñande ñañemonde ore roñemonde peẽ peñemonde ha'ekuéra oñemonde/oñemonde hikuái
      hortative tañemonde che tereñemonde nde toñemonde ha'e tañañemonde ñande toroñemonde ore tapeñemonde peẽ toñemonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - eñemonde - - - peñemonde -
      reciprocal
      indicative - - - ñande ñañomonde ore roñomonde peẽ peñomonde ha'ekuéra oñomonde/oñomonde hikuái
      hortative - - - tañañomonde ñande toroñomonde ore tapeñomonde peẽ toñomonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - - - - - peñomonde -
      coactive
      indicative che amomonde nde remomonde ha'e omomonde ñande ñamomonde ore romomonde peẽ pemomonde ha'ekuéra omomonde/omomonde hikuái
      hortative tamomonde che teremomonde nde tomomonde ha'e tañamomonde ñande toromomonde ore tapemomonde peẽ tomomonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - emomonde - - - pemomonde -
      objective
      indicative che aromonde/agueromonde nde reromonde/regueromonde ha'e oromonde/ogueromonde ñande ñaromonde/ñagueromonde ore roromonde/rogueromonde peẽ peromonde/pegueromonde ha'ekuéra oromonde/ogueromonde//oromonde/ogueromonde hikuái
      hortative toromonde/tagueromonde che tereromonde/teregueromonde nde toromonde/togueromonde ha'e tajaromonde/tañagueromonde ñande tororomonde/torogueromonde ore taperomonde/tapegueromonde peẽ toromonde/togueromonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - eromonde/egueromonde - - - peromonde/pegueromonde -
      subsumptive¹
      indicative che aporomonde/amba'emonde nde reporomonde/remba'emonde ha'e oporomonde/omba'emonde ñande ñaporomonde/ñamba'emonde ore roporomonde/romba'emonde peẽ peporomonde/pemba'emonde ha'ekuéra oporomonde/omba'emonde//oporomonde/omba'emonde hikuái
      hortative taporomonde/tamba'emonde che tereporomonde/teremba'emonde nde toporomonde/tomba'emonde ha'e tañaporomonde/tañamba'emonde ñande toroporomonde/toromba'emonde ore tapeporomonde/tapemba'emonde peẽ toporomonde/tomba'emonde ha'ekuéra/hikuái
      imperative - eporomonde/emba'emonde - - - peporomonde/pemba'emonde -
      ¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

      References

      • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “monde”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 66, column 1

      Portuguese

      Verb

      monde

      1. inflection of mondar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Spanish

      Verb

      monde

      1. inflection of mondar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Walloon

      Etymology

      From Latin mundus (“world”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mɔ̃t/

      Noun

      monde m (plural mondes)

      1. world
      This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.