unmount

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verb

To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

“Please unmount the external hard drive before unplugging it.”

Similar
dismountumount
OriginEnglish mount ← Middle English mounten ← Old French monter →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

verbunmount (third-person singular simple present unmounts, present participle unmounting, simple past and past participle unmounted)

present singular third person unmounts · participle present unmounting · participle past unmounted · past unmounted

  1. transitivecomputingTo reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

    Please unmount the external hard drive before unplugging it.

    1 more example

    You must unmount the filesystem before running the data recovery tool.

    Synonyms: dismount, umount

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.

Similar
dismountumount
Also see
dismount

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*móntis
  11. Proto-Italic*monts
  12. Latinmōns
  13. Vulgar Latin*montāre
  14. Old Frenchmonter
  15. Middle Englishmounten
  16. Englishmount
  17. Englishunmount

From un- + mount.

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Translations

Dutch ontkoppelen
  • ontkoppelenreverse operation of mount
Finnish irrottaa
  • irrottaareverse operation of mount
German aushängen
  • aushängenreverse operation of mount
Italian smontare, disinstallare
  • smontarereverse operation of mount
  • disinstallarereverse operation of mount
  • unmountreverse operation of mount

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unmount

accountamountdiscountcountmountrecountviscountdismountfountsurmountremountmiscount
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Cite this entry
APA

unmount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmount

MLA

“unmount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmount. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmount,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmount.

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