noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/
US:/ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/
US:[ˌmãʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ]
US:[ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ]
US:[ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈĩɚ]
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:M AW1 N T IH0 N IH2 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
(obsolete)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: highlander, mountainer
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alpinist, cragsman, mountain climber
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
1786, George Culley, Observations on Live Stock, London: G. G. J. & J. Robinson, p. 92, This hardy race [of sheep] differ from our other breeds, not only in their dark complection and horns, but principally in the long coarse shagged wool which grows upon these mountaineers.
1892, Sutton and Sons, Reading, The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 5th edition, p. 217, There really is no need of artificial heat, for the Auricula is a mountaineer, and can endure both frost and snow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A person from or resident of West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To climb as if on a mountain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clamber, hike
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
someone who climbs mountains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mountain climber
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adventurer, venturer, climber
Narrower terms: alpinist, Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Tenzing Norgay
9
verb
Meaning 9
climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: climb, climb up, mount, go up
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English mountain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English mountaineer From mountain + -eer.
From mountaineer
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
malësor
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Albanian:
malësore
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Albanian:
lekë
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Albanian:
bjeshkatar
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Bulgarian:
плани́нец
(planínec)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Bulgarian:
плани́нка
(planínka)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Chinese Mandarin:
山民
(shānmín)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Finnish:
vuoristolainen
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
French:
montagnard
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
French:
montagnarde
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
German:
Bergbewohner
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
German:
Bergbewohnerin
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Hindi:
पहाड़ी
(pahāṛī)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Italian:
montanaro
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Japanese:
山人
(yamabito)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Kazakh:
таулық
(taulyq)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Macedonian:
го́рјанин
(górjanin)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Macedonian:
го́рјанка
(górjanka)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Polish:
góral
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Portuguese:
monteiro
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Russian:
го́рец
(górec)
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Swahili:
mpandaji mlima
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Vilamovian:
giörol
— someone who lives in a mountainous area
Armenian:
ալպինիստ
(alpinist)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Armenian:
լեռնագնաց
(leṙnagnacʻ)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Basque:
mendizale
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Bulgarian:
алпини́ст
(alpiníst)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Bulgarian:
планина́р
(planinár)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Catalan:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Chinese Mandarin:
登山家
(dēngshānjiā)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Chinese Mandarin:
登山運動員 /登山运动员
(dēngshān yùndòngyuán)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Czech:
horolezec
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Czech:
horolezkyně
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Dutch:
bergbeklimmer
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Esperanto:
alpisto
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Estonian:
mägironija
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Finnish:
vuorikiipeilijä
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
French:
alpiniste
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Galician:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
German:
Bergsteiger
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
German:
Bergsteigerin
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Greek:
ορειβάτης
(oreivátis)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Hindi:
पर्वतारोही
(parvatārohī)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Hungarian:
hegymászó
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Hungarian:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Italian:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Italian:
escursionista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Italian:
scalatore
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Italian:
scalatrice
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Japanese:
登山家
(tozanka)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Kazakh:
таушы
(tauşy)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Korean:
등산가
(deungsan'ga)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Central Kurdish:
شاخەوان
(şaxewan)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Latin:
oribata
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Macedonian:
пла́нинар
(pláninar)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Macedonian:
плани́нарка
(planínarka)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Macedonian:
алпини́ст
(alpiníst)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Macedonian:
алпини́стка
(alpinístka)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Marathi:
गिर्यारोहक
(giryārohak)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Mongolian:
уулчин
(uulčin)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Mongolian:
ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠᠴᠢᠨ
(aɣulačin)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Norwegian Bokmål:
fjellklatrer
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Norwegian Nynorsk:
fjellklatrar
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Polish:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Polish:
alpinistka
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Portuguese:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Portuguese:
montanhista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Romanian:
alpinist
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Romanian:
alpinistă
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Russian:
альпини́ст
(alʹpiníst)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Russian:
альпини́стка
(alʹpinístka)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Russian:
скалола́з
(skaloláz)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Russian:
скалола́зка
(skalolázka)
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Serbo-Croatian:
alpinist
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Slovene:
alpinist
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Slovene:
alpinistka
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Spanish:
alpinista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Spanish:
montañista
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Spanish:
montañero
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Swedish:
bergsbestigare
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Swedish:
bergsklättrare
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Tagalog:
mamumundok
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Turkish:
alpinist
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
Turkish:
dağcı
— one who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure
