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Matterhorn

English edit

 
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The Matterhorn

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Matterhorn.

Proper noun edit

Matterhorn

  1. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
  2. (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
    • 1970 August 14, Henry J. Taylor, “Where Do We Stand Now?”, in Prescott Evening Courier:
      A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.
    • 2012, Richard Heinberg, Hedge your Bets in the Peak Oil Debate:
      Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.

Translations edit

German edit

 
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Etymology edit

Matte (“meadow”) +‎ Horn (“peak”)

Pronunciation edit

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Proper noun edit

Matterhorn n (proper noun, strong, genitive Matterhornes or Matterhorns)

  1. Matterhorn (a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy)

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