English
Mount Everest
Etymology
Named by Andrew Waugh after George Everest .
Proper noun
Mount Everest
The world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas between Nepal and Tibet .
( figurative ) 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.
Synonyms
Translations
world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas
Albanian: Mali Everest
Amharic: ኤቨረስት ተራራ ( ʾeväräst tärara )
Arabic: جَبَل إِفْرِسْت m ( jabal ʔifrist ) , إِفْرِسْت m ( ʔifrist )
Egyptian Arabic: إڤريست m ( everest )
Armenian: Էվերեստ (hy) ( Ēverest ) , Ջոմոլունգմա ( J̌omolungma )
Assamese: এভাৰেষ্ট শৃংগ ( ebharesto xriṅgo )
Basque: Everest
Belarusian: Эвэрэст ( Everest )
Bengali: মাউন্ট এভারেস্ট ( maunṭo ebharesṭ )
Bihari: सगरमाथा
Bulgarian: Еверест ( Everest )
Chinese:
Hakka: Chû-mu̍k-lòng-mâ-fûng
Mandarin: 珠穆朗瑪峰 / 珠穆朗玛峰 (zh) ( Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng ) , 珠穆朗玛峰 (zh) ( Zhūmùlǎngmǎ-fēng ) , 聖母峰 / 圣母峰 (zh) ( Shèngmǔ Fēng ) , 圣母峰 (zh) ( Shèngmǔ-fēng ) , 額菲爾士峰 / 额菲尔士峰 (zh) , 额菲尔士峰 (zh) ( Éfěi'ěrshì-fēng ) , 埃菲爾士峰 / 埃菲尔士峰 , 埃菲尔士峰 ( Āifěi'ěrshì-fēng )
Min Nan: Chomolangma Hong
Dhivehi: އެވަރެސްޓް ފަރުބަދަ ( evaresṭ farubada )
Dutch: Mount Everest m
Esperanto: Ĉomolungmo , Everesto
Estonian: Džomolungma
Finnish: Mount Everest (fi)
French: mont Everest m
Galician: Monte Everest m
Georgian: ევერესტი (ka) ( everesṭi ) , ჯომოლუნგმა ( ǯomolungma )
German: Mount Everest m
Greek: Έβερεστ (el) ( Éverest )
Hebrew: אוורסט ( everest )
Hindi: माउंट एवरेस्ट ( māuṇṭ evresṭ ) , एवरेस्ट ( evresṭ )
Hungarian: Csomolungma
Icelandic: Everestfjall
Ido: Monto Everest
Indonesian: Gunung Everest
Italian: l’Everest m , il monte Everest m
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Japanese: エベレスト ( Eberesuto ) , チョモランマ ( Chomoranma )
Khmer: ភ្នំអេវើរេស ( phnumʼeevəəreih )
Korean: 에베레스트 ( Ebereseuteu ) , %주무랑마 ( %jumurangma )
Latin: mons Everestis m
Latvian: Everests
Lithuanian: Džomolungma
Macedonian: Монт Еверест m ( Mont Everest )
Malay: Gunung Everest
Malayalam: എവറസ്റ്റ് കൊടുമുടി ( evaṟasṟṟŭ koṭumuṭi )
Marathi: एव्हरेस्ट ( evharesṭa )
Nepali: सगरमाथा (ne) ( sagarmāthā )
Newar: सगरमाथा अञ्चल ( sagaramāthā añcala )
Persian: کوه اورست
Polish: Mount Everest (pl) m , Czomolungma (pl) f , Qomolangma (pl) f , Sagarmatha (pl) f , Szczyt XV (pl) m
Portuguese: Monte Everest m
Quechua: Chomolungma
Romanian: Everest
Russian: Эвере́ст (ru) m ( Everést ) , Джомолу́нгма (ru) f ( Džomolúngma )
Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Everest
Serbo-Croatian: Монт Еверест m
Spanish: Monte Everest m
Swahili: mlima Evarest (sw)
Swedish: Mount Everest (sv)
Tagalog: Bundok Everest
Tamil: எவரெஸ்ட் சிகரம் ( evaresṭ cikaram )
Thai: ยอดเขาเอเวอเรสต์ ( yôt kăo aywerrêt )
Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་རི ( jo mo glang ri ) , ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ ( jo mo glang ma )
Turkish: Everest Dağı
Turkmen: Ewerest
Ukrainian: Джомолунгма ( Džomolunhma ) , Евере́ст ( Everést )
Urdu: ماؤنٹ ایورسٹ
Welsh: Mynydd Everest
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