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Definition of Montagnais in English: Montagnaisnoun ˌmɒntanˈjeɪˌmän(t)ənˈyā 1A member of a North American people living in a vast area of Canada from north of the Gulf of St Lawrence to the southern shores of Hudson Bay. Example sentencesExamples - Marc Brouillette, lawyer for the band council, said the main thing the people of Montagnais want is the whole story.
- Both the Montagnais and the Naskapi live in shelters called wigwams.
- There are almost 13,000 Montagnais in Quebec with another 800 living in Labrador.
- However, every summer Québec played host to approximately fifteen hundred Algonquins and Montagnais.
2mass noun The Algonquian language of the Montagnais, closely related to Cree. It has about 7,000 speakers. Example sentencesExamples - Most Innu people speak one of their two native languages, Montagnais and Naskapi.
- In the end, while he admitted that he spoke Montagnais.
adjective ˌmɒntanˈjeɪˌmän(t)ənˈyā Relating to the Montagnais or their language. Example sentencesExamples - And most Montagnais children are raised speaking their native language.
- Barrett is initially frightened, subsequently irritated, and finally angry at the continued presence of the Montagnais man, signalled by his cooking fire, smoking just beyond the last portage.
- The Montagnais man awaits the slight change in the weather that signals the coming of winter in a night-long vigil.
- The canoe is destroyed by rocks and the two white men turn to their Montagnais companion for help.
- While in agreement with Champlain's ideals, the Montagnais chiefs found the pledge amusing, since that promise had probably been vainly reiterated many times in the previous thirty years.
Origin From French, literally 'of the mountains'. Definition of Montagnais in US English: Montagnaisnounˌmän(t)ənˈyā 1A member of a North American people living in a vast area of Canada from north of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the southern shores of Hudson Bay. Example sentencesExamples - Marc Brouillette, lawyer for the band council, said the main thing the people of Montagnais want is the whole story.
- However, every summer Québec played host to approximately fifteen hundred Algonquins and Montagnais.
- There are almost 13,000 Montagnais in Quebec with another 800 living in Labrador.
- Both the Montagnais and the Naskapi live in shelters called wigwams.
2The Algonquian language of the Montagnais, closely related to Cree. Example sentencesExamples - In the end, while he admitted that he spoke Montagnais.
- Most Innu people speak one of their two native languages, Montagnais and Naskapi.
adjectiveˌmän(t)ənˈyā Relating to the Montagnais or their language. Example sentencesExamples - Barrett is initially frightened, subsequently irritated, and finally angry at the continued presence of the Montagnais man, signalled by his cooking fire, smoking just beyond the last portage.
- The canoe is destroyed by rocks and the two white men turn to their Montagnais companion for help.
- The Montagnais man awaits the slight change in the weather that signals the coming of winter in a night-long vigil.
- While in agreement with Champlain's ideals, the Montagnais chiefs found the pledge amusing, since that promise had probably been vainly reiterated many times in the previous thirty years.
- And most Montagnais children are raised speaking their native language.
Origin From French, literally ‘of the mountains’. |