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Tyrolean

Tyrolean

1 9.6
From the Tyrol region or its people and traditions
  • adjective
  • /taɪˈroʊliən/
translation icon : tirolés
  • Our own private Tyrolean Alps.
  • Tyrolean hat
  • Tyrolean village
  • Tyrolean Alps

Examples

  • Wade looks down, picks up Horner's dark green Tyrolean hat, examines it, as if unsure of its function.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Not only have l rented every room here but l've provided the most beautiful Tyrolean costumes.

    Swiss Miss (1938)

  • Even father wears his Tyrolean outfit.

    The Bride Wore Red (1937)

  • - These are not fancy pants, - they're Tyrolean trousers.

    Swiss Miss (1938)

  • We went to a restaurant several blocks from the ocean where all the personnel wore lederhosen and Tyrolean hats.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Mr Albert's Tyrolean opera is to be his masterpiece.

    Swiss Miss (1938)

  • To his customary elegant attire, he has added a careless accouterment, a Tyrolean hat.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The festival featured traditional Tyrolean music and dance performances.

  • She admired the craftsmanship of the Tyrolean wooden toys sold at the market.

  • His Tyrolean heritage influenced his love for alpine skiing and mountain culture.

Synonyms

alpine
vsTyrolean
5 4.8

Relating to high mountains, especially the Alps

is specific to one cultural region and its people rather than mountains
Tyrolese
vsTyrolean
9.9

About the Tyrol region in the Alps and its people and culture

is used for the same region but focuses on people and traditions

Compounds

Tyrolean Alps
6.3

A mountain range in Tyrol, Austria and Italy known for beautiful scenery and skiing

Surface Forms

Tyrolean positive

Morphology

Tyrolean = Tyrol (transparent) = Tyrol + ean

The adjective is a straightforward place-name derivative: 'Tyrol' + the adjectival/demonymic suffix '-ean'.

Etymology

Tyrolean comes from the place name Tyrol, spelled Tirol in German, a high mountain region in the Alps between Austria and Italy. So something called Tyrolean is 'from Tyrol' or connected to its people, music, food, or traditions.