Montmartre

[mawn-mar-tr^uh]

noun

1. a hilly section in the N part of Paris, France: noted for the artists who have frequented and lived in the area.

Montmartre

/ mɔ̃martrə /

noun

1. a district of N Paris, on a hill above the Seine: the highest point in the city; famous for its associations with many artists

Example Sentences

At the Olympics she was in medal contention on the final lap before she was dropped on the climb of Montmartre with 10km to go and rode solo to claim fifth.

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Aimée lived the last decades of her life in the district of Montmartre in Paris.

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At the same time Kat was laying out her plan to use François Fournier’s ID to access the server room, Mother was across town in Montmartre visiting the Sinclair Collection.

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Stephane Cachelin, from a local shop-owners association, said it is “a symbol of Montmartre, of its village, the bohemian way of life, of Paris. The whole world comes here to take pictures.”

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It opened its doors in October 1889 at the foot of the Montmartre hill.

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