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Alps¹

  • /ælps/

Sounds like alps · Rhymes with -ælps

Where it comes from

From Middle English Alpes, from Old English Alpis, ultimately from Latin Alpēs; in later use partly via French. Compare German Alpen (“alps”, plurale tantum), German Alp (“mountainous pasture”).

proper noun the Alps

  1. plural, plural only A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

alps²

  • /ælps/

Sounds like Alps

noun

  1. plural plural of alp

ALPs³

noun

  1. plural plural of ALP

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: the alps, spla, pla, alpine, alpes, mountain chain, massif, cordillera, sierras, mountains, mountain range, highlands, uplands, high country, mountain system, ranges

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name a mountain range in Western Europe

EspañolAlpes
한국어알프스 Alpeuseu
日本語アルプス Arupusu
中文阿爾卑斯山 /阿尔卑斯山 Ā'ěrbēisī shān
हिन्दीऐल्प्स ailps
PortuguêsAlpes
FrançaisAlpes
DeutschAlpen
ItalianoAlpi
ΕλληνικάΆλπεις Álpeis
RomânăAlpi
РусскийА́льпы Álʹpy
العربيةجِبَال اَلْأَلْب jibāl al-ʔalb
עבריתהָרֵי הָאַלְפִּים

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@misc{alps_2026,
  title = {alps},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alps},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}