alpine

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin Alpēs > French Alpes the Alps: compare with French alpin.

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[edit] Adjective

alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)

Positive
alpine

Comparative
more alpine

Superlative
most alpine

  1. Of or relating to mountains; as alpine snows.
  2. Inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line; as alpine pasqueflower, alpine marmot.
  3. Alpine; of or relating to the Alps.
  4. (skiing) Also Alpine; of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.)

[edit] Noun

Singular
alpine

Plural
alpines

alpine (plural alpines)

  1. Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden

[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

alpine f.

  1. Feminine plural form of alpino
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