a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
"After studying the three face-up cards, Maria placed her chip on the red seven in this fast-paced game of monte."
A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.
"The card room was filled with the clatter of chips as everyone played a game of monte to see who could match their initial deal first."
In plain English: A monte is an old-fashioned word for a mountain, especially one found in Spanish-speaking countries.
"The weather forecast predicted snow on Monte Rosa this weekend."
Usage: Monte is an Italian card game where players wager that one of the initial deal's exposed cards will soon match a new card drawn from the deck. It differs from similar games like Three-Card Monte because it uses four face-up starting cards instead of three.
A surname.
"The Monte family has lived in that valley for three generations."
The word monte was borrowed from Spanish, where it originally meant "mountain." In English, however, it specifically refers to a gambling game involving a stack of unplayed cards.