summit

See also: Summit

English

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English somete, from early Middle French somete, from Old French sommette, somet (compare modern French sommet), a diminutive of som (“highest part, top of a hill”), from Latin summum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sŭmʹĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmɪt/

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• Homophone: summat (in some dialects)
• Rhymes: -ʌmɪt

Noun

summit (plural summits)

2. (countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.

   Synonyms: acme, apex, peak, zenith

   In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.

4. (countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.

   They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Usage notes

Colloquially summit is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a summit, such as the South Summit of Mount Everest. These are distinguished by topographic prominence as subsummits (low prominence) or independent summits (high prominence).

Derived terms

• blind summit
• subsummit
• Summit County
• summiteer
• Summitville

 

Translations

peak, top of mountain

• Albanian: çukë (sq)
• Arabic: قِمَّة‎ f (qimma)
• Armenian: գագաթ (hy) (gagatʿ)
• Aromanian: creashtit n, cãrciliu n, angheauã f, culmã f, ciumã f
• Azerbaijani: zirvə (az)
• Belarusian: вяршы́ня f (vjaršýnja), пік m (pik), вярху́шка f (vjarxúška)
• Bengali: শিখর (śikhor)
• Bulgarian: връх (bg) m (vrǎh)
• Burmese: အထွတ် (my) (a.htwat)
• Catalan: cim (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 頂峰／顶峰 (zh) (dǐngfēng), 高峰 (zh) (gāofēng), 最高點／最高点 (zh) (zuìgāodiǎn), 尖峰 (zh) (jiānfēng)

• Czech: vrchol (cs) m, vrcholek m
• Dalmatian: čama m
• Danish: top (da) c, bjergtop (da) c
• Dutch: top (nl) m, bergtop (nl) m, piek (nl) f, spits (nl) f
• Esperanto: pinto (eo)
• Estonian: tipp, mäetipp
• Finnish: huippu (fi), vuorenhuippu (fi)
• French: sommet (fr) m
• Galician: cume (gl) m, cumio (gl) m, curuto m, irla (gl) f, píncaro m, topo (gl) m, pruída f, barrouca f
• Georgian: მწვერვალი (mc̣vervali)
• German: Gipfel (de) m
• Greek: κορυφή (el) f (koryfí)

  Ancient: ἄκρον n (ákron), κολοφών m (kolophṓn)

• Hebrew: פִּסְגָּה‎ (he) f (pisgá)
• Hindi: शिखर (hi) m (śikhar), चोटी (hi) f (coṭī)
• Hungarian: csúcs (hu)
• Ilocano: tuktuk ti bantay
• Irish: uachtar (ga) m, mullach m
• Istriot: seîma f
• Italian: colmo (it) m, culmine (it) m, cima (it) f, picco (it) m, pinnacolo (it) m, somma (it) f
• Japanese: 山頂 (ja) (さんちょう, sanchō), 最高点 (さいこうてん, saikōten), 頂上 (ja) (ちょうじょう, chōjō), 頂 (ja) (いただき, itadaki)
• Kazakh: шың (şyñ)
• Khmer: កោណន្ត (kaonɑn), កំពូល (km) (kɑmpuul), ចម (km) (cɑɑm), សិខា (km) (sekhaa)
• Korean: 산정(山頂) (ko) (sanjeong), 정상(頂上) (ko) (jeongsang), 산꼭대기 (sankkokdaegi), 꼭대기 (ko) (kkokdaegi)
• Kyrgyz: чоку (ky) (çoku)
• Lao: ຍອດ (nyǭt), ຈອມ (chǭm), ປອມ (pǭm), ປາຍ (pāi)
• Latin: apex m, columen n
• Latvian: kalngals m, virsotne f
• Lithuanian: viršū́nė f, viršukalnė f
• Lubuagan Kalinga: tuktuk
• Macedonian: врв m (vrv)
• Malay: puncak (ms)
• Malayalam: കൊടുമുടി (ml) (koṭumuṭi)
• Manx: ard-veinn
• Maori: taumata, toi, kōtihitihi, tihi, keokeonga
• Neapolitan: tuppo m
• Nepali: शिखर (śikhar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fjelltopp m

  Nynorsk: fjelltopp m

• Old English: copp m
• Ottoman Turkish: قله‎ (kulle)
• Pashto: ذروه‎ f (zarwa), قله‎ f (qola), پېړزه‎ f (рeṛza)
• Persian: قله‎ (fa) (qolle)
• Piedmontese: sima f
• Polish: szczyt (pl) m, wierzchołek (pl) m, wierch (pl) m
• Portuguese: cume (pt) m, sumo (pt) m
• Romanian: culme (ro) f, vârf (ro) n
• Russian: верши́на (ru) f (veršína), пик (ru) m (pik), верху́шка (ru) f (verxúška)
• Sanskrit: शिरस् (sa) n (śíras), शिखर (sa) (śikhara)
• Scottish Gaelic: mullach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вр̏х m

  Roman: vȑh (sh) m

• Sherpa: please add this translation if you can
• Sicilian: pizzu (scn) m, curma (scn) f,, cima (scn) f
• Slovak: vrchol m, vrcholok m
• Slovene: vrh (sl) m, vrhunec m, višek m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wjerch m

• Southern Kalinga: tuktuk
• Spanish: cima (es) f, pico (es) m, cumbre (es) f
• Swedish: bergstopp (sv), topp (sv) c
• Tagalog: ituktok, taluktok
• Tajik: қулла (qulla)
• Tamil: உச்சி (ta) (ucci)
• Telugu: శిఖరాగ్రం (śikharāgraṁ)
• Thai: ยอด (th) (yɔ̂ɔt), จอม (th) (jɔɔm)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: mrāce, tsankär
• Turkish: zirve (tr)
• Tuwali Ifugao: tuktuk
• Ukrainian: верши́на f (veršýna), пік m (pik), верхі́вка f (verxívka)
• Urdu: چوٹی‎ f (coṭī)
• Uzbek: choʻqqi (uz)
• Venetian: sima f
• Vietnamese: đỉnh (vi), chỏm (vi), chóp (vi)
• Volapük: sömit (vo), belasömit
• Welsh: copa
• Yiddish: שפּיץ‎ m or f (shpits)
• Zazaki: sersıq m

gathering of leaders

• Albanian: samit m
• Arabic: إِجْتِمَاع قِمَّة‎ m (ʔijtimāʕ qimma)
• Armenian: գագաթնաժողով (hy) (gagatʿnažoġov)
• Belarusian: са́міт m (sámit), сустрэ́ча f (sustréča) (на вышэ́йшым узро́ўні, ў вярха́х)
• Bengali: সামিট (śamiṭ)
• Bulgarian: сре́ща (bg) f (sréšta) (на най-висо́ко равни́ще)
• Burmese: ထိပ်သီးညီလာခံ (my) (htipsi:nyilahkam)
• Catalan: cimera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首腦會議／首脑会议 (zh) (shǒunǎo huìyì), 高峰會議／高峰会议 (zh) (gāofēng huìyì), 峰會／峰会 (zh) (fēnghuì)

• Czech: summit (cs) m
• Danish: topmøde (da) n
• Dutch: topconferentie (nl) f, topontmoeting (nl)
• Esperanto: pintkunveno
• Estonian: tippkohtumine
• Finnish: huippukokous (fi)
• French: sommet (fr) m
• Galician: cumio (gl) m
• German: Gipfeltreffen (de) n, Gipfel (de) m
• Greek: σύνοδος (el) f (sýnodos)
• Hebrew: פִּסְגָּה‎ (he) f (pisgá)
• Hindi: समावेश (hi) m (samāveś), सम्मेलन (hi) m (sammelan)
• Hungarian: csúcstalálkozó (hu)
• Indonesian: konferensi tingkat tinggi, KTT (id)
• Italian: incontro al vertice, summit (it) m, vertice (it) m
• Japanese: 首脳会談 (ja) (しゅのうかいだん, shunō kaidan), サミット (ja) (samitto)
• Kazakh: саммит (sammit)
• Korean: 수뇌회담(首腦會談) (ko) (sunoehoedam), 서밋 (seomit)
• Kyrgyz: саммит (sammit)
• Latvian: samits m
• Lithuanian: samitas m
• Macedonian: самит m (samit)
• Malay: sidang kemuncak
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചകോടി (ml) (uccakōṭi)
• Maori: hui taumata
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toppmøte (no) n

  Nynorsk: toppmøte n

• Pashto: لويه جرګه‎ (loya jirga)
• Persian: جرگه بزرگ‎ (jarge-ye bozorg), اجلاس سران‎ (fa) (ejlâs-e sarân)
• Polish: szczyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: cúpula (pt) f (Brazil), cimeira (pt) f (Portugal)
• Russian: са́ммит (ru) m (sámmit), встре́ча (ru) f (vstréča) (на вы́сшем у́ровне, в верха́х), встреча в верхах f (vstreča v verxax)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̀мит m

  Roman: sàmit (sh) m

• Sicilian: macadaru di vèrtici m, vèrtici m, summit m
• Slovak: samit m
• Slovene: vrhunsko srečanje n
• Spanish: cumbre (es) f
• Swedish: toppmöte (sv) n (state leaders), ministermöte n (ministers/departmental secretaries), ledningsmöte n (organisational leaders), möte (sv) n (gathering)
• Telugu: శిఖరాగ్ర సమావేశం (śikharāgra samāvēśaṁ)
• Thai: การประชุมสุดยอด (gaan-bprà-chum-sùt-yɔ̂ɔt)
• Turkish: zirve (tr)
• Turkmen: sammit
• Ukrainian: са́міт m (sámit), зу́стріч f (zústrič) (у верха́х)
• Uzbek: sammit (uz)
• Vietnamese: hội nghị thượng đỉnh, hội nghị cấp cao nhất
• Zazaki: berzin

Verb

summit (third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting or summitting, simple past and past participle summited or summitted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
   • 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:

     Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.

Translations

to reach the summit

• Finnish: päästä huipulle
• Swedish: nå toppen
• Zazaki: resayen

Etymology 2

From Middle English *summit, *sumwit, *sumwiht, variant of sum wiht, som wiht (“some thing”, literally “some wight”). More at some, wight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊmit/

Pronoun

summit

1. Alternative form of summat

   I need to get summit to eat.

Anagrams

• mutism

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English summit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsum.mit/, /ˈsam.mit/
• Rhymes: -ummit, -ammit
• Hyphenation: sùm‧mit

Noun

summit m (invariable)

1. summit (gathering of leaders)

   Synonyms: vertice, conferenza

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English summit.

Noun

summit n (plural summituri)

1. summit

Declension

Declension of summit

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) summit	summitul	(niște) summituri	summiturile
genitive/dative	(unui) summit	summitului	(unor) summituri	summiturilor
vocative	summitule		summiturilor

Swedish

Verb

summit

1. supine of simma (strong inflection)

Anagrams

• mutism

Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from English summit.

Noun

summit

1. summit

   İnvestitsiä Summitı

   Investment summit

References

• İnvestitsiä Summitı