Mount Everest
English
Mount Everest
Alternative forms
- Mt. Everest, Mt Everest, Everest
Etymology
c. 1855,[1] mount + Everest. Named by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India, in 1849 after his predecessor George Everest, who opposed the proposal, and adopted in 1865 by the Royal Geographical Society.
Proper noun
Mount Everest (countable and uncountable, plural Mount Everests)
- (uncountable) A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border of Solukhumbu district, Province No. 1, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world’s highest mountain.
- 1892 October, Clinton T. Dent, “Can Mount Everest Be Ascended?”, in The Nineteenth Century, volume XXXII, number 188, page 605:
- Although the real elevation, and even the geographical position, of even the highest mountain in the world are quite uncertain, it may be assumed that the goal lies somewhere near the northern frontier of Nepal, very probably north of the summit recognised by surveyors as Mount Everest, and that the height is at least 29,000 to 30,000 feet.
- 1977 October 9, “KOREAN EVEREST CLIMBER ARRIVES”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 40, Taipei, page 2:
- Ko Sang Den, Korean conqueror of Mount Everest, flies into Taipei on his way home. He scaled the world’s tallest peak last Sept. 15, the 55th person to accomplish the feat.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Everest.
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- (figurative, countable) Epitome, ultimate; an endeavor that is very demanding yet rewarding.
- 2017, David Salazar (interview with Russell Thomas), Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’, OperaWire (October 4, 2017):
- OW: Many see it as the Mount Everest of tenor roles. What made you feel ready to take it on at this moment in your life? And why with ASO?
- RT: It definitely is the Mount Everest of tenor roles!!
- 2018, Tim Carman, Can a chile pepper really cause an ‘incapacitating’ headache?, The Washington Post (April 12, 2018):
- To people of a certain disposition — thrill-seekers, daredevils, folks who never want to taste their food again — the Carolina Reaper is the Mount Everest of foodstuffs. It must be conquered.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Everest.
- 2017, David Salazar (interview with Russell Thomas), Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’, OperaWire (October 4, 2017):
Synonyms
- (historical): Peak XV
- (Nepali): Sagarmatha
- (Tibetan): Chomolungma
- (PRC Tibetan, official): Qomolangma, Qomolangma Feng
- (from Mandarin Chinese): Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma, Chumulangma
- (figurative): mother of all
Derived terms
- Everester
- Everest syndrome
Translations
world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas
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References
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Everest, Mount”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, page 596, column 1: “First observed 1849 by trigonometrical survey of India and named (c. 1855) for a former surveyor-general (1830-43), Sir George Everest; […] ”
Further reading
- “Mount Everest, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Mount Everest”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Mount Everest, named after British surveyor and geographer George Everest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmawnt ˈɛ.vɛ.rɛst/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrɛst
Proper noun
Mount Everest m inan
- Mount Everest (a mountain in Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain)
- Synonym: Czomolungma
Declension
Declension of Mount Everest
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mount Everest |
| genitive | Mount Everestu |
| dative | Mount Everestowi |
| accusative | Mount Everest |
| instrumental | Mount Everestem |
| locative | Mount Evereście |
| vocative | Mount Evereście |
Further reading
- Mount Everest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Mount Everest in Polish dictionaries at PWN