pinnacle
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pinnacle¹
- /ˈpɪnəkəl/
Rhymes with -ɪnɪkəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.
noun pinnacles
- The highest point.
- A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain. Kings, who remain in many respects the representatives of a vanished world, solitary pinnacles that topple over the rising waste of waters under which the past lies buried.
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An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
The pinnacle of the effort to fix restrictive meanings to a set of terminology can be found in two papers in American Speech by Feinsilver (1979, 1980).
Similar: acme, apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone, climax, coronation, crown, culmination, extreme
- An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire. Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
verb pinnacles · pinnacling · pinnacled
- To place on a pinnacle. And down this vast gulf upon which we were pinnacled the great draught dashed and roared, driving clouds and misty wreaths of vapour before it, till we were nearly blinded, and utterly confused.
- To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. The pediment of the Southern Transept is pinnacled, not inelegantly, with a flourished cross
Pinnacle²
proper noun
- A locality in the Weddin council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: height, peak, top, acme, elevation, superlative, summit, vertex, heyday, stride, tip, climax, apex, cusp, culmination, fillet
Translations
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noun highest point
| Español | cumbre, pináculo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 頂上 chōjō, 頂点 chōten |
| 中文 | 巔峰 /巅峰 diānfēng |
| हिन्दी | शिखर śikhar |
| Français | cime |
| Deutsch | Gipfel |
| Italiano | pinnacolo, cima, picco, somma, guglia, cuspide |
| Русский | пик pik, вы́сшая то́чка výsšaja tóčka, верши́на veršína |
| العربية | قِمَّة qimma |
noun tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
| Español | pico |
|---|---|
| Français | pic |
| Deutsch | Felsnadel, Felsturm |
| Italiano | cima, picco |
| Русский | остроконе́чная скала́ ostrokonéčnaja skalá |
noun figuratively: all-time high
| Español | ápice, pináculo |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | चरम caram |
| Deutsch | Höhepunkt |
| Italiano | apogeo, culmine, apice |
| Русский | пик pik |
noun architecture: an upright member
| Español | pináculo |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | शिखर śikhar |
| Português | pináculo |
| Français | pinacle |
| Deutsch | Pinakel, Fiale, Spitzturm |
| Italiano | pinnacolo |
| Ελληνικά | κορωνίδα koronída, πτερύγιο pterýgio |
verb put something on a pinnacle
| العربية | يضع شيء على قمة عالية |
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title = {pinnacle},
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