[mon-teyn; French mawn-ten-yuh] /mɒnˈteɪn; French mɔ̃ˈtɛn yə/
noun
1.
Michel Eyquem
[mee-shel e-kem] /miˈʃɛl ɛˈkɛm/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de, 1533–92, French essayist.
British Dictionary definitions for Montaigne
Montaigne
/French mɔ̃tɛɲ/
noun
1.
Michel Eyquem de (miʃɛl ikɛm də). 1533–92, French writer. His life's work, the Essays (begun in 1571), established the essay as a literary genre and record the evolution of his moral ideas