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alpine

alpine

5 4.8
Relating to high mountains, especially the Alps
  • adjective
  • /ˈælpaɪn/
translation icon : alpino
  • Whistler, BC is another example and the name is almost synonymous with skiing and a stunning Alpine scenery.
  • alpine glaciers
  • alpine areas

Whistler, BC is another example and the name is almost synonymous with skiing and a stunning Alpine scenery.

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Examples

  • The hikers enjoyed breathtaking views of the alpine landscape from the mountain summit.

  • You will find many great photo opportunities: alpine and valley panoramas, covered bridges, and waterfalls.

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  • If you must know, it was an alpine guide.

  • This is the Alpine Loop, but this one's got this nice color to it.

  • This is a high alpine pasture.

  • Such is the situation in the treeline and alpine environments of the Rocky Mountains.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Migratory pathways lace the area, connecting the winter range with alpine terrain in five nearby mountain ranges.

    Academic text (2009)
  • He was an Alpine mountain climber and made the first of ascent of one peak in Switzerland.

  • One of the world's most accomplished and respected high Alpine Mountaineers, he has summited Earth's highest and most treacherous peaks.

  • Over the millennia, the Alpine cold and sun protected Otzi's body from decomposition, freezing and drying it out in cycles and leaving critical clues for researchers.

Synonyms

mountainous
vsalpine
1 4.1

Something that is very large and like a mountain

is specific to high mountain regions and their typical features

Compounds

A small mountain plant with soft leaves and pale blue or white flowers

alpine ash
  • Australian
8.9

A tall Australian tree with hard pinkish or light brown wood used for furniture

A low evergreen shrub that forms mats on high mountain rocks and has pink flowers

alpine bearberry
  • Specialized
9.8

A low shrub that grows close to the ground in mountains and has red autumn leaves and dark berries

A small pale mountain plant with dense spikes of light blue-violet flowers

Alpine celery pine
  • New Zealand
9.9

A small bushy tree from New Zealand that grows in mountains

alpine clover
  • Specialized
7.2

A small mountain plant with fragrant pink flowers

alpine clubmoss
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant with creeping stems and small scale-like leaves that grows in cold mountains and Arctic areas

alpine coltsfoot
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant with purple-red flowers that grows from underground stems and spreads to cover the ground

A small plant with white flowers that grows in moist shaded mountain woods

A large river of ice in a mountain valley that slowly moves downhill

6.7

A medium to tall evergreen tree that grows in high mountains, with a narrow cone-shaped crown and soft flat needles

A small garden tree with hanging groups of bright yellow flowers

alpine glacier
  • Specialized
6.0

A large mass of ice that forms in a high mountain valley and slowly moves down it

alpine goldenrod
  • Specialized
7.8

A plant that grows in mountain meadows with small yellow flowers and stiff hairs on its leaf stalks

alpine gold
  • Specialized
9.3

A low plant with small bright yellow flowers that grows on rocky mountain slopes

A plant with delicate feathery leaves that grows in cool mountain areas

alpine hulsea
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant in small clumps with hairy stems and yellow flower heads that grows in high mountain areas

alpine milk vetch
  • Specialized
9.9

A small plant with purple flowers that grows every year on high mountain slopes

A moving bar on a slope that pulls people up while they keep their skis or snowboard on

A salamander that lives in high Alpine areas and gives birth to live young

A small plant with white flowers that grows year after year in cold Arctic and mountain areas

Alpine scurvy
  • Specialized
9.9

A disease from lack of some nutrients causing skin redness, stomach pain, and memory or mood problems

alpine totara
  • New Zealand
9.9

A low, wide-spreading evergreen shrub with thin pointed leaves that grows on New Zealand mountains

A mountain plant with feathery leaves and one large yellow flower on a hairy stem

Alpine woodsia
  • Specialized
9.9

A small thin fern with shiny brown stalks and divided leaves with spores at the edges

How Mountainous

alpine
5 4.8
mountainous
24 3.4
hilly
11 1.0
flat
21 1.3

Surface Forms

alpine positive

Morphology

alpine = alp (transparent) = alp + ine

Formed from 'alp' (a high mountain) + the adjectival suffix '-ine', yielding a direct meaning 'relating to high mountains'.

Etymology

Alpine comes from the name of the Alps, the high mountain range in Europe, and from the old Latin form alpinus meaning 'of the Alps'. So alpine describes things 'from or like high mountains', especially the Alps.