arête
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arête
- /əˈɹɛt/
- /əˈɹeɪt/
Rhymes with -ɛt, -eɪt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French arête, from Latin arista. Doublet of arista.
noun arêtes · arete
- A very thin ridge of rock. In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.
Translations
Talk about this word "arête." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar%C3%AAte. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. arête. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar%C3%AAte "arête." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar%C3%AAte.Cite this
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title = {arête},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar%C3%AAte},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
