alpine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæl.pɪn/ (obsolete)
- /ˈæl.paɪn/ (US)
Etymology
From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.
Meanings
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Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
What are alpine plants? The word alpine is used to denote the plants that grow naturally on all high mountain-chains, whether they spring from hot tropical plains or from green northern pastures. Above the cultivated land these flowers begin to occur on the fringes of the stately woods; they are seen in multitudes in the vast pastures which clothe many great mountain-chains, enamelling their soft verdure; and also where neither grass nor loose herbage can exist; or where feeble world-heat is quenched and mountains are crumbled into ghastly slopes of shattered rock by the contending forces of heat and cold, even there, amid the glaciers, they spring from Nature's ruined battle-ground, as if the mother of earth-life had sent up her loveliest children to plead with the spirits of destruction. Alpine plants fringe the vast fields of snow and ice of the high mountains, and at great elevations have often scarcely time to flower and ripen a few seeds before they are again imbedded in the snow; […]
1910, William Robinson, “Forewords to new edition”, in Alpine Flowers for Gardens: Rock, Wall, Marsh Plants, and Mountain Shrubs, 4th edition, John Murray, page ix-x:alpine snows
alpine plants
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(alt-of, sometimes, specifically) Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline. ▸ Alternative letter-case form of Alpine: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a large mountain range in Europe.
alt of Alpine
- Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more alpine | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most alpine | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
alpine salamander · Alpine County · alpine start · alpinely · alpine bellflower · alpine hawkweed · alpine accentor · alpine club-moss · alpine snowboarder · alpine divorce · alpine fleabane · alpine coil · semialpine · alpine lady's-mantle · alpine pasqueflower · alpine club moss · alpine clubmoss · afroalpine · Calpine · alpine combined · alpine-meadow lizard · alpine larch · alpine fir · alpine bullhead · alpine bistort · alpine chough · alpine newt · alpine meadow lizard · alpinist · alpine laburnum · alpine poppy · alpinism · alpine saxifrage · alpine skiing · para-alpine · alpine snowboarding · alpine chamois · alpinesque · alpine snowboard · alpine marmot · alpine butterfly knot · nonalpine · alpine butterfly bend · alpine skier · alpine anemone · para alpine skiing
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Translations (41)
ru альпи́йский (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · fi alpiininen (of or relating to mountains) · pt montanhês (of or relating to mountains) · fr alpin (of or relating to mountains) · fi alppilaji- (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · cmn 高山的 (of or relating to mountains) · pl alpejski (of or relating to mountains) · ru альпи́йский (of or relating to mountains) · it alpino (of or relating to mountains) · ka ალპური (of or relating to mountains) · pt alpestre (of or relating to mountains) · ka მთის (of or relating to mountains) · be альпі́йскі (of or relating to mountains) · de alpin (of or relating to mountains) · nl alpien (of or relating to mountains) · ka სამთო (of or relating to mountains) · nl alpine- (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · nl alpijns (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · pt montesino (of or relating to mountains) · no alpint (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · pl wysokogórski (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · ca alpí (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · hu alpesi (of or relating to mountains) · pt alpino (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · sv alpin (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · fur alpin (of or relating to mountains) · ka მაღალმთიანი (of or relating to mountains) · nl alpine (of or relating to mountains) · it alpino (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · ru высокого́рный (of or relating to mountains) · fi alppi- (of or relating to mountains) · fr montagnard (of or relating to mountains) · ca alpí (of or relating to mountains) · fi vuoristo- (of or relating to mountains) · nl alpijns (of or relating to mountains) · es alpino (of or relating to mountains) · pt montês (of or relating to mountains) · hu hegyi (of or relating to mountains) · de alpin (of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing) · ru го́рный (of or relating to mountains) · it alpestre (of or relating to mountains)