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Webster 1913 Edition


Alp

Alp

,
Noun.
[L.
Alpes
the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael.
alp
a high mountain, Ir.
ailp
any huge mass or lump: cf. F.
Alpes
.]
1.
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Nor breath of vernal air from snowy
alp
.
Milton.
Hills peep o’er hills, and
alps
on
alps
arise.
Pope.
2.
Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
☞ The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. “The Alps doth spit.”
Shak.

Alp

,
Noun.
A bullfinch.
Rom. of R.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alp

ALP

, ALPS,
Noun.
[Gr. white; L. albus
A high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow, and hence appropriately applied to the mountains of Swisserland; so that by Alps is generally understood the latter mountains. But geographers apply the name to any high mountains.

Definition 2024


Alp

Alp

See also: alp and ALP

German

Noun

Alp m (genitive Alps or Alpes, plural Alpen)

  1. Alternative form of Alb (elf).

Turkish

Etymology

From alp (brave, hero).

Proper noun

Alp

  1. A male given name

See also

alp

alp

See also: Alp and ALP

English

Noun

alp (plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
    • Milton
      Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.
    • Alexander Pope
      Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.

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French

Abbreviation

alp

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish

Verb

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab

Conjugation

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp halp t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
  3. nightmare (later meaning)

Descendants

References

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Swedish

Noun

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps.

Declension

Inflection of alp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alp alpen alper alperna
Genitive alps alpens alpers alpernas

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 (alp, warrior, brave; difficult, hard), [script needed] (alp-a-ɣut, to capture, conquer; warrior, hero, brave), from Proto-Turkic *ălp (difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord), and according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, possibly from Proto-Altaic *ălpa (unable, sick; man-at-arms) (compare Japanese 哀れ (aware, pity), Korean 아픈 (apeun, to be ill)).[1]

Adjective

alp

  1. brave, hero

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill