Alpes

== French == === Etymology === From Latin Alpēs, q.v. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alp/ (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) IPA(key): /alpə/ === Proper noun === Alpes f pl (plural only) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → 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 (Bosnia, Serbia) === Anagrams === lapes, pâles, pelas == German == === Noun === Alpes m genitive singular of Alp == Latin == === Etymology === 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”)). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”, plural), Old High German alba (“alpine pasture”), Middle High German albe (“mountain meadow, high mountain, mountain range”), whence German Alb (“mountainous area”). Potentially related to Albanus or albus (“white”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.peːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.pes] === Proper noun === 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 ==== Only rarely found as the singular Alpis. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== alpicus alpīnus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “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. == Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French Alpes, from Latin Alpēs. === Proper noun === Alpes Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) ==== Descendants ==== English: Alps→ Hindi: ऐल्प्स (ailps)→ Japanese: アルプス (Arupusu)→ Urdu: الپس (alps) ==== References ==== “Alpes, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norman == === Etymology === From Latin Alpēs. === Pronunciation === === Noun === L's Alpes f pl (Jersey) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin Alpēs. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Al‧pes === Proper noun === Alpes m pl (plural only) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) ==== Related terms ==== alpinismo == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Alpēs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈalpes/ [ˈal.pes] Rhymes: -alpes Syllabification: Al‧pes === Proper noun === Los Alpes m pl (plural only) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Alpes, from Latin Alpēs. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalpes/ [ˈʔal.pɛs] Rhymes: -alpes Syllabification: Al‧pes === Proper noun === Alpes (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜒᜐ᜔) Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe) Synonym: Bundok-Alpino ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Alpes”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018