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arête

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əˈɹɛt/
  • /əˈɹeɪt/
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • rhymes with -eɪt

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noun

Meaning 1

A very thin ridge of rock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French arête, from Latin arista. Doublet of arista.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cornish: krib — a thin ridge of rock
  • Finnish: harja — a thin ridge of rock
  • French: arête — a thin ridge of rock
  • German: Grat — a thin ridge of rock
  • Irish: airéit — a thin ridge of rock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: egg — a thin ridge of rock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egg — a thin ridge of rock
  • Polish: grań — a thin ridge of rock
  • Portuguese: aresta — a thin ridge of rock
  • Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — a thin ridge of rock
  • Spanish: arista — a thin ridge of rock