alpenstock

alpenstock

English

alpenstock

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) +‎ Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.

Noun

alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)

1. a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain

Translations

walking stick

Bulgarian: пикел (pikel) Finnish: vaelluskeppi Irish: alpastaic f, cleith ailpín f Latin: montānus baculus m Portuguese: alpenstock m Turkish: dağ bastonu, dağ değneği, dağ çomağı

Further reading

• alpenstock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)

1. alpenstock

Further reading

• “alpenstock”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)

1. alpenstock (walking stick used by mountain climbers)