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See also: alpes
French
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alpes f pl (plural only)
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Middle English: Alpes
- → Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (Alp)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آلپلر (Alpler)
- Turkish: Alpler
- → Persian: آلپ (âlp)
- → Romanian: Alpi
- → Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alpes m
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.peːs/, [ˈäɫ̪peːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.pes/, [ˈälpes]
Proper noun
[edit]Alpēs f pl (genitive Alpium); third declension
- the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
- (with adjective) a particular portion of the Alps
Usage notes
[edit]Only rarely found as the singular Alpis.
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants of Alpes in other languages
- → Albanian: Alpe
- → Arabic: جِبَال اَلْأَلْب (jibāl al-ʔalb)
- → Armenian: Ալպեր (Alper)
- → Catalan: Alps
- → Dutch: Alpen
- → Esperanto: Alpoj
- → French: Alpes
- → German: Alpen
- → Greek: Άλπεις (Álpeis)
- → Hungarian: Alpok, ⇒ alpesi
- → Irish: Alpa
- → Italian: Alpi
- → Norman: Alpes
- → Occitan: Aups, Alps
- → Spanish: Alpes
- → Portuguese: Alpes
References
[edit]- “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 (2001–2024) “Alp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French Alpes, from Latin Alpēs.
Proper noun
[edit]the Alpes
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Descendants
[edit]Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]L's Alpes f pl
- (Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Portuguese
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[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Al‧pes
Proper noun
[edit]Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Los Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Derived terms
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