noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The sport of climbing mountains.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alpinism, mountain climbing
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the activity of climbing a mountain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mountain climbing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: climb, mount
Narrower terms: Alpinism
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 English -ing English mountaineering From mountaineer + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
alpinizëm
— sport
Arabic:
تَسَلُّق الْجِبَال
(tasalluq al-jibāl)
— sport
Armenian:
ալպինիզմ
(alpinizm)
— sport
Armenian:
լեռնագնացություն
(leṙnagnacʻutʻyun)
— sport
Azerbaijani:
alpinizm
— sport
Belarusian:
альпіні́зм
(alʹpinízm)
— sport
Bulgarian:
алпини́зъм
(alpinízǎm)
— sport
Catalan:
alpinisme
— sport
Chinese Cantonese:
攀山
(paan1 saan1)
— sport
Chinese Mandarin:
登山
(dēngshān)
— sport
Chinese Mandarin:
登高
(dēnggāo)
— sport
Chinese Mandarin:
爬山
(páshān)
— sport
Czech:
horolezectví
— sport
Czech:
alpinismus
— sport
Esperanto:
alpismo
— sport
Estonian:
mägironimine
— sport
Finnish:
vuorikiipeily
— sport
Finnish:
alpinismi
— sport
French:
alpinisme
— sport
Galician:
alpinismo
— sport
Galician:
montañismo
— sport
Georgian:
ალპინიზმი
(alṗinizmi)
— sport
German:
Bergsteigen
— sport
German:
Alpinismus
— sport
Greek:
ορειβασία
(oreivasía)
— sport
Hindi:
पर्वतारोहण
(parvatārohaṇ)
— sport
Hungarian:
hegymászás
— sport
Icelandic:
fjallganga
— sport
Icelandic:
ganga á fjöll
— sport
Japanese:
登山
(tozan)
— sport
Japanese:
山登り
(yamanobori)
— sport
Khmer:
កីឡាឡើងភ្នំខ្ពស់
(kəylaa laəng pnum kpʊəh)
— sport
