alpine

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):

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Adjective

alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.

   alpine snows

2. (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

• Catalan: alpí m
• Finnish: alpiininen, alppi-, vuoristo- (fi)
• French: alpin (fr), montagnard (fr)
• Friulian: alpin
• German: alpin (de)
• Hungarian: hegyi (hu), alpesi (hu)
• Italian: alpestre (it), alpino (it)
• Portuguese: alpestre, montês (pt), montanhês, montesino
• Russian: альпи́йский (ru) (alʹpíjskij), го́рный (ru) (górnyj), высокого́рный (ru) (vysokogórnyj)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing

• Catalan: alpí m
• Finnish: alppilaji-
• German: alpin (de)
• Italian: alpino (it)
• Norwegian: alpint m
• Portuguese: alpino (pt)
• Russian: альпи́йский (ru) (alʹpíjskij)
• Swedish: alpin (sv)

Noun

alpine (plural alpines)

1. (botany) Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
   • 1991, Jack Elliott, Alpines in the Open Garden, Christopher Helm, →ISBN, page 64:

     There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are the elite of late-flowering alpines, but alas they can only be enjoyed by those gardeners with an acid soil, unless they can be grown in containers.

Translations

alpine plant

• Finnish: alppikasvi, kalliokasvi

Anagrams

• Nepali, Pinela, Épinal, penial, Lapine, pineal, apelin, plaine

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French alpin, alpine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈpi.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: al‧pi‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

Adjective

alpine (comparative alpiner, superlative meest alpine or alpinest)

1. 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

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Adjective

alpine

1. feminine singular of alpin

Italian

Adjective

alpine f pl

1. feminine plural of alpino

Anagrams

• paline, penali

Latin

Adjective

alpīne

1. vocative masculine singular of alpīnus