alpinista

Catalan

Etymology

From alpí +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əl.piˈnis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [al.piˈnis.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

alpinista m or f by sense (plural alpinistes)

1. mountaineer, hiker

Related terms

• alpinisme

Further reading

• “alpinista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “alpinista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “alpinista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “alpinista”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.piˈnis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: al‧pi‧nì‧sta

Noun

alpinista m or f by sense (masculine plural alpinisti, feminine plural alpiniste)

1. mountaineer, climber, alpinist

Related terms

• alpinismo
• alpinistico

Further reading

• “alpinista”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• spalatini

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Alpēs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Alpīnus

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Polish -ista

Polish alpinista

From Latin Alpīnus + Polish -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.piˈɲis.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧pi‧nis‧ta

Noun

alpinista m pers (female equivalent alpinistka)

1. mountaineer, alpinist, mountain climber

   Synonyms: taternik, wspinacz

Declension

Declension of alpinista

	singular	plural
nominative	alpinista	alpiniści/alpinisty (deprecative)
genitive	alpinisty	alpinistów
dative	alpiniście	alpinistom
accusative	alpinistę	alpinistów
instrumental	alpinistą	alpinistami
locative	alpiniście	alpinistach
vocative	alpinisto	alpiniści

Further reading

• “alpinista”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “alpinista”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

From alpino +‎ -ista or from French alpiniste.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -istɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.piˈnis.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.piˈnis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.piˈnis.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.piˈnis.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.piˈniʃ.tɐ/ [aʊ̯.piˈniʃ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.piˈniʃ.tɐ/ [aɫ.piˈniʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: al‧pi‧nis‧ta

Noun

alpinista m or f by sense (plural alpinistas)

1. climber, mountaineer, alpinist

   Synonym: montanhista

Related terms

• alpinismo

Further reading

• “alpinista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alpinista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Alpēs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Alpīnuslbor.

Spanish alpino

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish alpinista

From alpino + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alpiˈnista/ [al.piˈnis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧pi‧nis‧ta

Noun

alpinista m or f by sense (plural alpinistas)

1. mountaineer

   Synonym: montañista

Derived terms

• alpinístico

Related terms

• alpinismo

Further reading

• “alpinista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Alpēs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin Alpīnuslbor.

Spanish alpino

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish alpinistabor.

Tagalog alpinista

Borrowed from Spanish alpinista. By surface analysis, alpino + -ista.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalpiˈnista/ [ʔɐl.pɪˈn̪is.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: al‧pi‧nis‧ta

Noun

alpinista (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. alpinist; mountaineer; mountain climber

   Synonym: mamumundok

Related terms

• Alpes
• alpinismo
• alpino
• Alpino

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 27