Alpes

See also: alpes

French

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alp/
  • (file)

Proper noun

les Alpes

  1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Noun

Alpes m

  1. genitive singular of Alp

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- or from a non-Indo-European source. Compare Middle High German albe (high mountain), whence German Alb (mountainous area).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.peːs/, [ˈaɫ.peːs]

Proper noun

Alpēs f pl (genitive Alpium); third declension

  1. (geography) The Alps
  2. (with following adjective) A particular portion of the Alps.

Usage notes

Only rarely found as the singular Alpis.

Inflection

Third declension i-stem, with locative.

Case Plural
Nominative Alpēs
Genitive Alpium
Dative Alpibus
Accusative Alpēs
Ablative Alpibus
Vocative Alpēs
Locative Alpibus

Derived terms

References

  • Alpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Alpes in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Alpes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norman

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus (white).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

L's Alpes f pl

  1. (Jersey) Alps

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus (white).

Proper noun

Alpes m pl

  1. Alps (a mountain range in western Europe)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus (white).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalpes/

Proper noun

Los Alpes m pl

  1. The Alps
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