mountainside

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noun

The sloping side of a mountain.

Similar
versant
OriginEnglish side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde →
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Meanings

mountainside1

nounmountainside (plural mountainsides)

plural mountainsides

  1. The sloping side of a mountain.

Mountainside2

proper noun
  1. A borough in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe side or slope of a mountain

Similar
versant
Broader
slopeinclineside
Also see
versant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishmountain
  2. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  5. Old Englishsīde
  6. Middle Englishside
  7. Englishside
  8. Englishmountainside

From mountain + side.

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Translations

Bulgarian планински склон
  • планински склон (planinski sklon)slope of mountain
Dutch berghelling
  • berghellingslope of mountain
Esperanto montoflanko
  • montoflankoslope of mountain
Finnish vuorenrinne
  • vuorenrinneslope of mountain
German Berghang
  • Berghangslope of mountain
Hungarian hegyoldal
  • hegyoldalslope of mountain
Icelandic hlíð
  • hlíðslope of mountain
Irish mala shléibhe
  • mala shléibheslope of mountain
Norwegian Bokmål fjellside
  • fjellsideslope of mountain
Spanish ladera
  • laderaslope of mountain
Cite this entry
APA

mountainside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainside

MLA

“mountainside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainside. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountainside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountainside.

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