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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Alpes, from Old English Alpis, ultimately from Latin Alpēs; in later use partly via French. Compare German Alpen (“alps”, plurale tantum), German Alp (“mountainous pasture”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alps pl (plural only)
- (usually with "the") A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.
Derived terms
[edit]- Albanian Alps
- Allgäu Alps
- Australian Alps
- Berchtesgaden Alps
- Bergamo Alps
- Bernese Alps
- Carnic Alps
- Cottian Alps
- Dinaric Alps
- French Alps
- Fynske Alps
- Japanese Alps
- Jewish Alps
- Julian Alps
- Kamnik Alps
- Kitzbühel Alps
- Lechtal Alps
- Lyngen Alps
- Maritime Alps
- Norlund Alps
- Northern Limestone Alps
- Ortler Alps
- Ötztal Alps
- Pennine Alps
- Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps
- Princess Elizabeth Alps
- Rhaetian Alps
- Samnaun Alps
- Southern Alps
- Southern Limestone Alps
- Stauning Alps
- Stubai Alps
- Swiss Alps
- Transylvanian Alps
- Trinity Alps
- Tux Alps
- Verwall Alps
- Victorian Alps
- Western Alps
- Zillertal Alps
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]a mountain range in Western Europe
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alps m pl (plural only)
- Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Alps m
Occitan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Alps m pl
- Alternative form of Aups
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- Rhymes:English/ælps
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- English proper nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- en:Mountains
- en:Austria
- en:Europe
- en:France
- en:Germany
- en:Italy
- en:Slovenia
- en:Switzerland
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan pluralia tantum
- ca:Mountains
- German non-lemma forms
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- Occitan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Occitan lemmas
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- Occitan pluralia tantum