dismount
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dismount
- /dɪsˈmaʊnt/
Rhymes with -aʊnt
Where it comes from
From dis- + mount, probably a calque of Old French desmonter.
verb dismounts · dismounting · dismounted
- To (cause to) get off (something). She carefully dismounted from the horse.
- To make (a mounted drive) unavailable for use. The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome.
- To come down; to descend. But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
- To throw (cannon) off their carriages.
noun dismounts
- The act of stepping down from something being ridden, such as a skateboard. Nice dismount!
- The part of a routine in which the gymnast detaches from an apparatus. It was a stylish routine, let down by a sloppy dismount.
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verb to get off
| Español | desmontar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 下馬 /下马 xiàmǎ |
| Português | desmontar |
| Français | démonter |
| Deutsch | abnehmen, absteigen |
| Italiano | smontarsi |
| Ελληνικά | κατεβεί kateveí |
| Русский | слеза́ть slezátʹ, слезть sleztʹ, спе́шиваться spéšivatʹsja, спе́шиться spéšitʹsja, выса́живаться vysáživatʹsja, вы́садиться výsaditʹsja |
| العربية | تَرَجَّل tarajjal |
verb (computing) to make a mounted drive unavailable for use
| 中文 | 卸下 xièxià |
|---|---|
| Français | démonter |
| Русский | демонти́ровать demontírovatʹ |
verb to remove (something) from its support
| Русский | демонти́ровать demontírovatʹ, вынима́ть vynimátʹ, вы́нуть výnutʹ, снима́ть snimátʹ, снять snjatʹ |
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verb to come down; to descend
| Français | descendre |
|---|---|
| Русский | спуска́ться spuskátʹsja, спусти́ться spustítʹsja |
Talk about this word "dismount." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dismount. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dismount. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dismount "dismount." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dismount.Cite this
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title = {dismount},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dismount},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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