English Explanatory Dictionary

alpine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Alpine: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a large mountain range in Europe.
  3. Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
noun
  1. Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
adj
  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama.
  3. An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community and former census-designated place in North Slope Borough, Alaska. It has no permanent residents but around 250 commuter residents, who work on a two-week-on, two-week-off schedule.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona.
  6. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
  8. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  9. An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana.
  11. An unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi.
  12. A borough in New Jersey.

Pronunciation

/ˈæl.paɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alpine.wav /ˈæl.pɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Alpine.wav

Word forms

alpine more alpine most alpine alpines

Etymology

From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.

Synonyms

montane Alpian

Related words

alpine

Derived words

afroalpine alpine accentor alpine anemone alpine bullhead alpine butterfly bend alpine butterfly knot alpine chough alpine club-moss alpine clubmoss alpine club moss alpine coil alpine combined Alpine County alpine fir alpine fleabane alpine hawkweed alpine lady's-mantle alpinely alpine marmot alpine meadow lizard 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 Alpine Dachsbracke Alpine goat Alpine ibex Alpine republic Alpine Ridge cisalpine Glen Alpine perialpine subalpine Transalpine

Translations

Belarusian: альпі́йскі Catalan: alpí Chinese Mandarin: 高山的 Dutch: alpien Dutch: alpine Dutch: alpijns Finnish: alpiininen Finnish: alppi- Finnish: vuoristo- French: alpin French: montagnard Friulian: alpin Georgian: მაღალმთიანი Georgian: სამთო Georgian: მთის Georgian: ალპური German: alpin Hungarian: hegyi Hungarian: alpesi Italian: alpestre Italian: alpino Polish: alpejski Portuguese: alpestre Portuguese: montês Portuguese: montanhês Portuguese: montesino Russian: альпи́йский Russian: го́рный Russian: высокого́рный Spanish: alpino
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