cumbre
English
Verb
cumbre (third-person singular simple present cumbres, present participle cumbring, simple past and past participle cumbred)
- Archaic form of cumber.
Anagrams
- cumber, recumb
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin culmen, culminis, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. The sense of “gathering” is a calque of English summit. Doublet of culmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumbɾe/ [ˈkũm.bɾe]
- Rhymes: -umbɾe
- Syllabification: cum‧bre
Noun
cumbre f (plural cumbres)
- summit, peak, top, hilltop (topmost point or surface, especially of a mountain)
- Synonyms: cima, pico
- summit (gathering or assembly of leaders)
- 2019 December 5, “Greta Thunberg abandona Lisboa en tren rumbo a Madrid”, in La Vanguardia:
- La joven cruzó el Atlántico en 21 días a bordo de un catamarán con el objetivo de llegar a Madrid para participar en la Marcha por el Clima y en la Cumbre sobre Cambio Climático.
- The young lady crossed the Atlantic in 21 days aboard a catamaran with the goal of arriving in Madrid to participate in the March for Climate and the Climate Change Summit.
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- (figuratively) apex, acme
Derived terms
- cumbral
- Cumbre Vieja
- encumbrar
Related terms
- culminación
- culminar
Adjective
cumbre (plural cumbres)
- main; primary; culminating; peak
- Synonym: colmo
Further reading
- “cumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014