Alp
//ælp// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
"Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp."
- 2 Acronym of axion-like particle. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 any high mountain wordnet
- 4 An alpine meadow.
"At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]"
- 5 Initialism of alkaline phosphatase. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Australian Labor Party. Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of arm's length principle. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp."
Etymology
Late Middle English, back-formation from alps pl, via French from Latin Alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”). Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)).
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