French

Proper noun

Alpes

1. Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)

Derived terms

• Alpin, alpin

Anagrams

• lapes, pâles, pelas

German

Noun

Alpes m

1. genitive singular of Alp

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- or from a non-Indo-European source. Compare Middle High German albe ‎(“high mountain”), whence German Alb ‎(“mountainous area”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.peːs/, [ˈaɫ.peːs]

Proper noun

Alpēs f ‎(genitive Alpium); third declension

1. (geography) The Alps
2. (with following adjective) A particular portion of the Alps.

Inflection

Third declension i-stem, with locative.

Usage notes

Only rarely found as the singular Alpis.

Derived terms

• alpicus
• alpīnus

References

• Alpes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Alpes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus ‎(“white”).

Pronunciation

Noun

L's Alpes f pl

1. (Jersey) Alps

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus ‎(“white”).

Proper noun

Alpes m pl

1. Alps (a mountain range in western Europe)

Related terms

• alpinismo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Alpēs, from albus ‎(“white”).

Proper noun

Los Alpes m pl

1. The Alps

French

Noun

alpes m

1. plural of alpe

Portuguese

Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic alp, and Irish alp. Cognate of Galician alpe

Noun

alpes m pl (plurale tantum)

1. mountain pastures
2. hights places