Alpes
See also: alpes
French
Etymology
From Latin Alpēs, q.v.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alp/
Audio (file) - (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA(key): /alpə/
Proper noun
Alpes f pl (plural only)
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Derived terms
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Alpes-Maritimes
- cerfeuil des Alpes
- cor des Alpes
- euphraise des Alpes
- fenouil des Alpes
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Rhône-Alpes
- soldanelle des Alpes
- thésium des Alpes
Related terms
- alpestre
- Alpin
- alpin
Descendants
- → Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → English: Alps
- → Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
- → Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
- → Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Romanian: Alpi
- → Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Алпи
- Latin: Ȃlpe, Alpi
Anagrams
- lapes, pâles, pelas
German
Noun
Alpes m
- genitive singular of Alp
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, rise”) or from a non-Indo-European (perhaps pre-Roman Alpine substrate) or Celtic source (compare Proto-Celtic *albiyū f (“alp”) or Scottish Gaelic alp f (“protuberance”)).[1][2]
Compare Middle High German albe (“high mountain”), whence German Alb (“mountainous area”). Potentially related to Albanus or albus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.peːs/, [ˈäɫ̪peːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.pes/, [ˈälpes]
Proper noun
Alpēs f pl (genitive Alpium); third declension
- (geography) The Alps
- (with adjective) A particular portion of the Alps.
Usage notes
Only rarely found as the singular Alpis.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Alpēs |
| Genitive | Alpium |
| Dative | Alpibus |
| Accusative | Alpēs Alpīs |
| Ablative | Alpibus |
| Vocative | Alpēs |
| Locative | Alpibus |
Derived terms
- alpicus
- alpīnus
Descendants
Descendants of Alpes in other languages
- → Albanian: Alpe
- → Arabic: جِبَال اَلْأَلْب (jibāl al-ʾalb)
- → Armenian: Ալպեր (Alper)
- → Catalan: Alps
- → Dutch: Alpen
- Afrikaans: Alpe
- → Indonesian: Alpen
- → Esperanto: Alpoj
- → French: Alpes
- → Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → English: Alps
- → Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
- → Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
- → Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Romanian: Alpi
- → Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Алпи
- Latin: Ȃlpe, Alpi
- → German: Alpen
- → Greek: Άλπεις (Álpeis)
- → Hungarian: Alpok, ⇒ alpesi
- → Irish: Alpa
- → Italian: Alpi
- → Norman: Alpes
- → Occitan: Aups, Alps
- → Spanish: Alpes
- → Portuguese: Alpes
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
- “Alp”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Alp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norman
Etymology
From Latin Alpēs.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
L's Alpes f pl
- (Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Alpēs.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.pis/ [ˈaʊ̯.pis]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈaw.piʃ/ [ˈaʊ̯.piʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.pes/ [ˈaʊ̯.pes]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈal.pɨʃ/ [ˈaɫ.pɨʃ]
- Hyphenation: Al‧pes
Proper noun
Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in western Europe)
Related terms
- alpinismo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin Alpēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalpes/ [ˈal.pes]
- Rhymes: -alpes
- Syllabification: Al‧pes
Proper noun
Los Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Derived terms
- Alpes neozelandeses
- Altos Alpes
- trompa de los Alpes
Related terms
- alpino