Usage Note
Montagne is the everyday word for mountain, while mont (as in Mont-Blanc) appears in proper names and poetic usage. The idiom faire une montagne de quelque chose means to make a mountain out of a molehill. La montagne also broadly refers to the highlands as a holiday destination — aller à la montagne (to go to the mountains).
Examples
"Ils passent leurs vacances à la montagne."
Natural Translation
They spend their holidays in the mountains.

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