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alp

noun
/ælp/

Etymology

Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).

  1. derived from Alpes — “high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”

Definitions

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in…

    A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.

    • Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.
    • Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!
    • There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]

  2. An alpine meadow.

    • At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]

  3. Initialism of Australian Labor Party.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Initialism of alkaline phosphatase.

    2. Initialism of arm's length principle.

    3. Initialism of axion-like particle.

The neighborhood

Derived

alpine, alpinely, alpinism, alpinist, alpland

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA