summit

== English == === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Late Middle English somet, somete (“head, top”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sumet and Middle French sommet (masculine), somete, sommette (“top of a thing; highest point of a mountain”) (feminine) (modern French sommet), from Old French somet, sommette, from som, sum (“highest point, summit”) + -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns), -ete, -ette (suffix forming diminutive feminine nouns). Som, sum are derived from Latin summum (“top, summit”), a noun use of the neuter of summus (“greatest, highest; top, uppermost”, adjective) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *-m̥mos, *-tm̥mos (“suffix forming superlative adjectives”)). The modern English spelling was influenced by summity (“height or top of a thing; utmost degree, perfection”) (obsolete). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sŭmʹĭt, IPA(key): /ˈsʌmɪt/ (General American, General Australian) enPR: sŭmʹət, IPA(key): /ˈsʌmət/ Homophone: summat (in some dialects) Rhymes: -ʌmɪt Hyphenation: sum‧mit ==== Noun ==== summit (plural summits) The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak. Synonyms: acme, (obsolete) summity, zenith; see also Thesaurus:summit The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature. (mathematics) A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron. (nautical, rail transport, road transport) The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc. (obsolete) (botany) Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”). (crystallography, rare) One of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal; also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape. (figurative) The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle. (politics) (archaic) The highest level of political leadership. (by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting. ===== Usage notes ===== Colloquially, etymology 1, noun sense 1.1 is used for only the highest point of a mountain, whereas 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 ===== ===== Related terms ===== summity (obsolete) ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== summit (third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting or summitting, simple past and past participle summited or summitted) (transitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain). (intransitive, climbing, informal) To reach the summit of a mountain. (intransitive, politics) To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2). ===== Translations ===== ==== Synonyms ==== === Etymology 2 === A variant of summat. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmɪt/, /ˈsʊ-/ Rhymes: -ʌmɪt Hyphenation: sum‧mit ==== Pronoun ==== summit (England, especially Lancashire, Yorkshire, informal) Alternative spelling of summat (“something”). === References === === Further reading === summit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia summit (meeting) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia summit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === 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) summit (gathering of leaders) Synonyms: vertice, conferenza === References === == Romanian == === Alternative forms === саммит (sammit) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English summit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsa.mit/ Rhymes: -amit Hyphenation: sum‧mit === Noun === summit n (plural summituri) (politics) summit ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “summit”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Verb === summit supine of simma (strong inflection) === Anagrams === mutism == Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from English summit. === Noun === summit nonstandard spelling of sammit (“summit”)