alpenglow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.

/ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-alpenglow.wav /ˈal.pən.ɡləʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alpenglow.wav

alpenglow alpenglows

A partial calque of German Alpenglühen (literally “glow of the Alps”), with the second element replaced by the English equivalent glow.

Alps foreglow afterglow

aspenglow

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