alpine
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See also: Alpine
English
Etymology
From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.paɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)
- Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
- alpine snows
- (skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
- Coordinate term: Nordic
Derived terms
- afroalpine
- alpine accentor
- alpine bullhead
- alpine butterfly bend
- alpine butterfly knot
- alpine chough
- alpine clubmoss
- alpine coil
- alpine combined
- Alpine County
- alpine hawkweed
- alpinely
- alpine marmot
- alpine meadow lizard
- alpine newt
- alpine pasqueflower
- alpine salamander
- alpine saxifrage
- alpine skier
- alpine skiing
- alpine snowboard
- alpine snowboarder
- alpine snowboarding
- alpinesque
- alpine start
- alpinism
- alpinist
- Calpine
- para-alpine
- para alpine skiing
- semialpine
Translations
of or relating to mountains
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of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing
Noun
alpine (plural alpines)
- (botany) Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
Translations
alpine plant
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French alpin, alpine.
Pronunciation
Adjective
alpine (comparative alpiner, superlative meest alpine or alpinest)
- Alternative form of alpien
Declension
| Declension of alpine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | alpine | |||
| inflected | alpine | |||
| comparative | alpiner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | alpine | alpiner | het alpinest het alpineste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | alpine | alpinere | alpineste |
| n. sing. | alpine | alpiner | alpineste | |
| plural | alpine | alpinere | alpineste | |
| definite | alpine | alpinere | alpineste | |
| partitive | alpines | alpiners | — | |
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
alpine
Italian
Adjective
alpine f pl
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
alpīne