Montreux

== English == === Etymology === From French Montreux, from Medieval Latin monastēriolum under influence from Old French Mont- (“Mount”) in numerous other placenames, from monastērium (“monastery”) + -olum (“-ole: forming diminutives”), q.v. Doublet of Montreuil and Monthureux. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒntɹəʊ/, /mɒ̃ˈtɹɜː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɑnˈtɹoʊ/, /mɒ̃ˈtɹoʊ/ === Proper noun === Montreux A town and municipality on Lake Geneva in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut district, Vaud Canton, Switzerland. A small commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle Department, Grand Est region, France. ==== Synonyms ==== (Swiss town): Mustruel (historical) ==== Translations ==== === References === Dictionnaire Toponymique des Communes Suisses (2005), Frauenfeld: Centre de Dialectologie du Université de Neuchâtel, p. 613. David Martignier & al. (1867), Dictionaire Historique Géographique et Statistique du Canton de Vaud, Lausanne: L. Corbaz, p. 624.