arête
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French arête, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arista. Doublet of arista.
Pronunciation
Noun
arête (plural arêtes)
- (geology) A very thin ridge of rock.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 88:
- In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 88:
Translations
a thin ridge of rock
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French
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French areste, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arista.
Pronunciation
Noun
arête f (plural arêtes)
- (zoology) bone (of a fish), fishbone
- edge (of an object); ridge, crest (of mountain)
- (architecture) groin (of vault)
- bridge of nose
- (botany) beard (of rye, barley etc.)
- (graph theory) edge
Further reading
- “arête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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