Alpes

See also: alpes

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Alpes

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Alpēs, q.v.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /alp/
Audio (file)
(Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA^(key): /alpə/

Proper noun[edit]

Alpes f pl (plural only)

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

→ Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
→ Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)
→ Middle English: Alpes
- English: Alps
  - → Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
  - → Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
  - → Urdu: الپس (alps)
→ Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (Alp)
→ Ottoman Turkish: آلپلر (Alpler)
- Turkish: Alpler
→ Persian: آلپ (âlp)
→ Romanian: Alpi
→ Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: Алпи

Latin script: Ȃlpe, Alpi

Anagrams[edit]

lapes, pâles, pelas

German[edit]

Noun[edit]

Alpes m

genitive singular of Alp

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]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.peːs/, [ˈäɫ̪peːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pes/, [ˈälpes]

Proper noun[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Alpes

Wikipedia ^la

Alpēs f pl (genitive Alpium); third declension

the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
(with adjective) a particular portion of the Alps

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]

Descendants[edit]

Descendants of Alpes in other languages

→ Albanian: Alpe
→ Arabic: جِبَال اَلْأَلْب (jibāl al-ʔalb)
→ Armenian: Ալպեր (Alper)
→ Catalan: Alps
→ Dutch: Alpen
- Afrikaans: Alpe
- → Indonesian: Alpen
→ Esperanto: Alpoj
→ French: Alpes
- → Belarusian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Bulgarian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Middle English: Alpes
  - English: Alps
    - → Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
    - → Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
    - → Urdu: الپس (alps)
- → Macedonian: А́лпи (Álpi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آلپ (Alp)
- → Ottoman Turkish: آلپلر (Alpler)
  - Turkish: Alpler
- → Persian: آلپ (âlp)
- → Romanian: Alpi
- → Russian: А́льпы (Álʹpy)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: Алпи
  Latin script: Ȃlpe, Alpi
→ German: Alpen
→ Greek: Άλπεις (Álpeis)
→ Hungarian: Alpok, ⇒ alpesi
→ Irish: Alpa
→ Italian: Alpi
→ Norman: Alpes
→ Occitan: Aups, Alps
→ Spanish: Alpes
→ Portuguese: Alpes

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 (2001–2024) “Alp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French Alpes, from Latin Alpēs.

Proper noun[edit]

the Alpes

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Descendants[edit]

English: Alps
- → Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)
- → Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)
- → Urdu: الپس (alps)

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun[edit]

L's Alpes f pl

(Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.pis/ [ˈaʊ̯.pis]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.piʃ/ [ˈaʊ̯.piʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.pes/ [ˈaʊ̯.pes]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.pɨʃ/ [ˈaɫ.pɨʃ]

Hyphenation: Al‧pes

Proper noun[edit]

Alpes m pl

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Related terms[edit]

alpinismo

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Alpes

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Alpēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈalpes/ [ˈal.pes]
Rhymes: -alpes
Syllabification: Al‧pes

Proper noun[edit]

Los Alpes m pl

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

alpino

[1] “Alp”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Alp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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