LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

montāniōsus

montāniōsus (feminine montāniōsa, neuter montāniōsum)
Classical[mɔn.taː.niˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[mon.ta.niˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectivemountainous

montānĭōsus, a, um, adj. mons, for montanus,
I. mountainous (post-class.): locus, Auct. Rei Agrar. p. 239 Goes.; Gromat. Vet. p. 331, 20.

Origins

From montānia + -ōsus. Attested some time before the sixth century CE.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanmuntanyós
  • Occitanmontanhós
  • Frenchmontagneuxfrom Old French montaingneus
  • Englishmountainousfrom Old French montaingneus
  • Franco-Provençalmontagnox
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesemontanhosofrom Old Galician-Portuguese montannoso
  • Spanishmontañoso
  • Asturianmontañosu
  • Galicianmontañosofrom Old Galician-Portuguese montannoso
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmontagnoso
  • Sicilianmuntagnusu
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianmontagnôs
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesemontagnos

In English words that came into English from montāniōsus

  • mountainousmontāniōsus

Quick answers

What does montāniōsus mean in Latin?
montāniōsus, a adjective, means “mountainous”.
How do you pronounce montāniōsus?
In classical Latin, [mɔn.taː.niˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mon.ta.niˈɔː.s̬us].