Alpes
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See also: alpes
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
les Alpes f pl (plural only)
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
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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]
Proper noun[edit]
Alpēs f pl (genitive Alpium); third declension
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]
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 (2001–2021), “Alp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun[edit]
L's Alpes f pl
- (Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in western Europe)
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Los Alpes m pl
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Derived terms[edit]
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