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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOUNTEBANK

From Italian montambanco a climber on a bench, from montare to mount² + bancobench (see also bank1).
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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUNTEBANK

mountebank  [ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUNTEBANK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mountebank is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mountebank in English.

WHAT DOES MOUNTEBANK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mountebank in the English dictionary

The first definition of mountebank in the dictionary is a person who sold quack medicines in public places. Other definition of mountebank is a charlatan; fake. Mountebank is also to play the mountebank.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOUNTEBANK

PRESENT

Present
I mountebank
you mountebank
he/she/it mountebanks
we mountebank
you mountebank
they mountebank
Present continuous
I am mountebanking
you are mountebanking
he/she/it is mountebanking
we are mountebanking
you are mountebanking
they are mountebanking
Present perfect
I have mountebanked
you have mountebanked
he/she/it has mountebanked
we have mountebanked
you have mountebanked
they have mountebanked
Present perfect continuous
I have been mountebanking
you have been mountebanking
he/she/it has been mountebanking
we have been mountebanking
you have been mountebanking
they have been mountebanking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mountebanked
you mountebanked
he/she/it mountebanked
we mountebanked
you mountebanked
they mountebanked
Past continuous
I was mountebanking
you were mountebanking
he/she/it was mountebanking
we were mountebanking
you were mountebanking
they were mountebanking
Past perfect
I had mountebanked
you had mountebanked
he/she/it had mountebanked
we had mountebanked
you had mountebanked
they had mountebanked
Past perfect continuous
I had been mountebanking
you had been mountebanking
he/she/it had been mountebanking
we had been mountebanking
you had been mountebanking
they had been mountebanking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mountebank
you will mountebank
he/she/it will mountebank
we will mountebank
you will mountebank
they will mountebank
Future continuous
I will be mountebanking
you will be mountebanking
he/she/it will be mountebanking
we will be mountebanking
you will be mountebanking
they will be mountebanking
Future perfect
I will have mountebanked
you will have mountebanked
he/she/it will have mountebanked
we will have mountebanked
you will have mountebanked
they will have mountebanked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mountebanking
you will have been mountebanking
he/she/it will have been mountebanking
we will have been mountebanking
you will have been mountebanking
they will have been mountebanking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mountebank
you would mountebank
he/she/it would mountebank
we would mountebank
you would mountebank
they would mountebank
Conditional continuous
I would be mountebanking
you would be mountebanking
he/she/it would be mountebanking
we would be mountebanking
you would be mountebanking
they would be mountebanking
Conditional perfect
I would have mountebank
you would have mountebank
he/she/it would have mountebank
we would have mountebank
you would have mountebank
they would have mountebank
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mountebanking
you would have been mountebanking
he/she/it would have been mountebanking
we would have been mountebanking
you would have been mountebanking
they would have been mountebanking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mountebank
we let´s mountebank
you mountebank
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mountebank
Past participle
mountebanked
Present Participle
mountebanking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUNTEBANK


banc
bæŋk
bank
bæŋk
biobank
ˈbaɪəʊˌbæŋk
canbank
ˈkænˌbæŋk
cantabank
ˈkæntəˌbæŋk
claybank
ˈkleɪˌbæŋk
Clydebank
ˌklaɪdˈbæŋk
cryobank
ˈkraɪəˌbæŋk
cutbank
ˈkʌtˌbæŋk
embank
ɪmˈbæŋk
eyebank
ˈaɪˌbæŋk
Firbank
ˈfɜːbæŋk
interbank
ɪntəˈbæŋk
Medibank
ˈmɛdɪbæŋk
multibank
ˌmʌltɪˈbæŋk
nonbank
ˌnɒnˈbæŋk
sandbank
ˈsændˌbæŋk
seabank
ˈsiːˌbæŋk
stopbank
ˈstɒpˌbæŋk
superbank
ˈsuːpərˌbæŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUNTEBANK

mountainboarder
mountainboarding
mountaineer
mountaineering
mountainous
mountainously
mountainousness
mountainside
mountainy
mountant
Mountbatten
mountebankery
mountebankism
mounted
mounted police
mounted policeman
mounted policemen
mountenance
mountenaunce
mounter

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUNTEBANK

angle of bank
bad bank
blood bank
break the bank
central bank
chartered bank
commercial bank
data bank
development bank
fog bank
investment bank
land bank
laugh all the way to the bank
memory bank
national bank
piggy bank
reserve bank
river bank
savings bank
state bank

Synonyms and antonyms of mountebank in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOUNTEBANK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mountebank» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mountebank

Translation of «mountebank» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUNTEBANK

Find out the translation of mountebank to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mountebank from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mountebank» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

走江湖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saltimbanqui
570 millions of speakers

English

mountebank
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीमहकीम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشعوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шарлатан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mountebank
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসারগব্র্বী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

charlatan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mountebank
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scharlatan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペテン師
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌팔이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mountebank
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lang băm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போலி வைத்தியர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माउंटबँक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şarlatan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ciarlatano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hochsztapler
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шарлатан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saltimbanc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τσαρλατάνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedrieër
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mounte
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mounte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mountebank

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTEBANK»

The term «mountebank» is regularly used and occupies the 101.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUNTEBANK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mountebank» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mountebank» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mountebank

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUNTEBANK»

Discover the use of mountebank in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mountebank and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Mountebank (Webster's Chinese Simplified Thesaurus Edition)
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of The Mountebank.
Inc Icon Group International, 2010
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A collection of addresses, squibs, songs, &c. together with ...
BEWARE. OF. ANOTHER. COALITION. ' • ' ' Electors of Preston, Yon have no sooner emancipated yonrselves from one execrable monopoly of inflnence .mil power in yonr liorongb, which has, lor npwards of twenty years, deprived yon of the ...
‎1826
3
Shell Games: Studies in Scams, Frauds, and Deceits (1300-1650)
Furthermore, the profession held an obvious appeal for a dramatist predisposed to flamboyant, performative character types.i8 In Jonson's play, Volpone the ' magnifico' pretends to be a historical mountebank, one Scoto of Mantua.'i9 He gulls ...
Margaret Reeves, Richard Raiswell, Mark Crane, 2004
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A Short History of Western Performance Space
The event slowly turned from a spectacle of the people into a technological spectacle for the people.49 The last of Franco's images that we shall examine depicts an everyday scene: mountebank doctors in the Piazzetta standing on trestle ...
David Wiles, 2003
5
From Hogarth to Rowlandson: Medicine in Art in ...
... Doctor Botherum, The Mountebank 19. THOMAS ROWLANDSON: The Mountebank at a Fair 2.0. THOMAS. 1 A -. [76] FROM HOGARTH TO ROWLANDSON Thomas Rowlandson, Doctor Botherum, The Mountebank, water - colour, 1800.
Fiona Haslam, 1996
6
Paris Spleen, and La Fanfarlo:
The Old Mountebank verywhere the holiday crowd stretched out, spread out, had their fun. It was one of those festivals that the street performers, the acrobats, the animal trainers, the traveling peddlers, have always depended on to make up ...
Charles Baudelaire, Raymond N. MacKenzie
7
London Charivari
The machinery of Suaksi'Eakk's Temped includes an engine, so to speak, named THE MOUNTEBANK MEMBER. Respectfully Dedicated to Sir Robert Peel, principal Low Comedian at the New Route in Wettmintter. Oh, have you read the last ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1860
8
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
stupendous, prodigious (see MONSTROUS) Ant unimposing —Con » contemptible, despicable, sorry, cheap, scurvy, pitiable, beggarly, shabby impostor, faker, quack, mountebank, charlatan denote a person who makes pretensions to being ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
9
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Merry Men and ...
About eight some villagers came round for the performance, and were told how matters stood. It seemed a liberty for a mountebank to fall ill like real people, and they made off again in dudgeon. By ten Madame Tentaillon was gravely alarmed,  ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1993
10
Creative Clowning
Many would hire their services to a mountebank and work as a "zany". Mountebanks were the equivalent of the traveling snake-oil salesmen who roamed America in the 1800s. They sold homemade elixirs and potions, and even extracted ...
Bruce Fife, Tony Blanco, Steve Kissell, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUNTEBANK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mountebank is used in the context of the following news items.
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Progressive Fascists Devour Tim Hunt, and Themselves
It beggars belief that the word of a semblant mountebank should take precedence over the lifetime achievements of a stellar member of the ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
2
Theatre reviews: Volpone and The Mentalists
As Volpone, Henry Goodman exudes energy and charm, and deftly transforms himself into a sick old man, street mountebank and court officer, ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Donald Trump campaign tweets photo with Nazi soldiers – then …
... for not just their President but also the leader of the Free World. The latter will go down the tubes if this mountebank gets the gig. Reply | Pick. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Volpone review – Henry Goodman creates a magnetic monster
... and at one point transforms himself into a fast-talking, purple-suited mountebank. But Goodman exhibits the dehumanising effect of making ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Volpone (Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon)
This masque-like quality is revealed in his sudden appearance as a mountebank selling miracle cures; Goodman sports a livid purple suit and ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
6
The Big Interview: Henry Goodman
Of course, there are the great set pieces where he pretends to be a mountebank, a lover, an officer at the court; but in this love of disguise, ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
7
Review: 'A Poem Is a Naked Person' Is a Jam Session of a …
He's a wizard and a mountebank, an old-timey song-and-dance man dabbling in ancient magic. Continue reading the main story ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
The weekend wrap up: Liars, lawyers, and sex toys
America's most trusted mountebank will bring a shred of rectitude to the MSNBC line up of carnival barkers. The United States Supreme Court ... «ChicagoNow, Jun 15»
9
Fort Sumter Redux: the Battle Flag and the Re-ignition of the …
And I always keep in mind academics are part genius, part mountebank. 'Publish or perish' comes to mind. Tenure. That sort of thing. «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
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Is Martyrdom A Sign That Christians Have Failed to Communicate?
Dear Monsignor U. Mountebank, At the direction of the members of the Dicastery at the conclusion of our last meeting, I am writing you to ... «Aleteia EN, Jun 15»

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