Phrase guide

mountain pass

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A low point in a mountain range that allows travelers to cross the range.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we got through the pass before it started to snow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pass, notch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: location

Narrower terms: col, gap, defile, gorge, saddleback, saddle, Brenner Pass, Cumberland Gap, Donner Pass, Khyber Pass

History

Etymology

From mountain + pass.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qafë — low point between peaks
  • Armenian: լեռնանցք (leṙnancʻkʻ) — low point between peaks
  • Armenian: կապան (kapan) — low point between peaks
  • Azerbaijani: aşırım — low point between peaks
  • Basque: mendate — low point between peaks
  • Bulgarian: пролóм (prolóm) — low point between peaks
  • Catalan: port de muntanya — low point between peaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山口 (shānkǒu) — low point between peaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 達坂 /达坂 (dábǎn) — low point between peaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 達阪 /达阪 (dábǎn) — low point between peaks
  • Czech: průsmyk — low point between peaks
  • Danish: bjergpas — low point between peaks
  • Danish: pas — low point between peaks
  • Faroese: skarð — low point between peaks
  • Finnish: sola — low point between peaks
  • French: col — low point between peaks
  • Galician: portela — low point between peaks
  • Georgian: უღელტეხილი (uɣelṭexili) — low point between peaks
  • German: Pass — low point between peaks
  • German: Gebirgspass — low point between peaks
  • German: Bergpass — low point between peaks
  • Hungarian: hágó — low point between peaks
  • Irish: bearnas — low point between peaks
  • Irish: mám — low point between peaks
  • Italian: passo di montagna — low point between peaks
  • Italian: valico — low point between peaks
  • Japanese: 峠 — low point between peaks
  • Japanese: とうげ (tōge) — low point between peaks
  • Kazakh: асу (asu) — low point between peaks
  • Korean: 고개 (gogae) — low point between peaks
  • Northern Kurdish: neqeb — low point between peaks
  • Northern Kurdish: gelî — low point between peaks
  • Northern Kurdish: zuxir — low point between peaks
  • Ladin: śuogo — low point between peaks
  • Ladin: ju — low point between peaks
  • Ladin: jouf — low point between peaks
  • Ladin: jou — low point between peaks
  • Ladin: jëuf — low point between peaks
  • Latin: saltus — low point between peaks
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (dabaɣ-a) — low point between peaks
  • Mongolian: даваа (davaa) — low point between peaks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjellovergang — low point between peaks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjellpass — low point between peaks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjellovergang — low point between peaks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjellpass — low point between peaks
  • Ossetian: ӕфцӕг (æfcæg) — low point between peaks
  • Polish: przełęcz — low point between peaks
  • Portuguese: passo — low point between peaks
  • Portuguese: colo — low point between peaks
  • Portuguese: portela — low point between peaks
  • Romanian: pas — low point between peaks
  • Romanian: trecătoare — low point between peaks
  • Russian: перева́л (perevál) — low point between peaks
  • Spanish: collado — low point between peaks
  • Spanish: puerto — low point between peaks
  • Spanish: collada — low point between peaks
  • Swedish: bergspass — low point between peaks
  • Tarifit: tizi — low point between peaks
  • Thai: ช่องเขา (chɔ̂ng-kǎo) — low point between peaks
  • Tibetan: ལ (la) — low point between peaks
  • Turkish: geçit — low point between peaks
  • Turkish: argıt — low point between peaks
  • Turkish: derbent — low point between peaks
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمر (kemer) — low point between peaks
  • Ottoman Turkish: ارغید (arğid) — low point between peaks
  • Uyghur: داۋان (dawan) — low point between peaks
  • Vietnamese: đèo — low point between peaks