Montagnard

== English == === Etymology === Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches. === Pronunciation === enPR: mŏn'tən-yärdʹ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɑn.tənˈjɑɹd/, [ˌmɑntənˈjɑɹ(d)], [ˌmɑ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑ˞(d)] (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɒn.tənˈjɑːd/, [ˌmɒntənˈjɑː(d)], [ˌmɒ̃ⁿtəˈnjɑː(d)] === Noun === Montagnard (plural Montagnards) (historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789. (historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848. (demonym) A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Synonym: Degar (historical, demonym) A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia. == French == === Etymology === From montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔ̃.ta.ɲaʁ/ === Noun === Montagnard m (plural Montagnards, feminine Montagnarde) (demonym) Montagnard resident or native of Jeansagnière, French commune located in the Loire department resident or native of La Montagne, French commune located in the Loire-Atlantique department resident or native of Meaux-la-Montagne, French commune located in the Rhône department resident or native of Montagne, a French commune located in the Isère department resident or native of Montagne-Fayel, French commune located in the Somme department resident or native of Montagnieu, a French commune located in the Isère department resident or native of Montay, a French commune located in the Nord department resident or native of Montigny-le-Tilleul in Belgium resident or native of Montot-sur-Rognon, French commune located in the department of Haute-Marne === Further reading === “Montagnard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012