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alp

alp
A a

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [alp]
    • /ælp/
    • /ælp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [alp]
    • /ælp/

Definitions of alp word

  • noun alp (in the European Alps) an area of pasture above the valley bottom but below the mountain peaks 3
  • noun alp a high mountain 3
  • abbreviation ALP Australian Labor Party 3
  • noun alp a high mountain, esp. in Switzerland 3
  • noun alp a high mountain. 1
  • noun alp A high mountain, especially a snowcapped one. 1

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Origin of alp

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-1645; back formation from Alps

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Alp

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

alp popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

alp usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for alp

noun alp

  • pike — any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
  • mount — to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs.
  • summit — a city in NE New Jersey.

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