How to spell mountain

hear itmoun·tain/'maʊntən/nounSounds

What it means: A large landform that rises high.

In a sentence: The goat climbed up the tall mountain.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as mountian or montain.

Same family: mountainous, mountainside, mountaintop, mountain range, hill. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "mountain" comes from Old French "montaigne" and Latin "montanea," related to "mons," meaning "hill" or "mountain." It is closely related to the words "amount" and "surmount," which also come from the idea of rising up or being high.

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