Polyglot Dictionary

chaîne de montagnes

/ʃɛn də mɔ̃.taɲ/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les chaînes de montagnes

Meaning

  1. mountain range

    • Les Alpes forment une immense chaîne de montagnes.

      The Alps form an immense mountain range.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

massif montagneux

chaîne de montagnes is more linear, a mountain chain or range; massif montagneux is more about a compact mountainous mass — both mean "mountain range."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

cordillera

cordillera is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "mountain range."

Practice

1 What does chaîne de montagnes mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les Alpes forment une immense chaîne de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chaîne de montagnes?

noun

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