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mountaintop

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American: /ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AW1 N T AH0 N T AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The summit of a mountain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mountain + top.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: bergspits — the summit of a mountain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 山頂 /山顶 (shāndǐng) — the summit of a mountain
  • Dutch: bergtop — the summit of a mountain
  • Faroese: fjallatindur — the summit of a mountain
  • Finnish: vuorenhuippu — the summit of a mountain
  • Galician: cume — the summit of a mountain
  • Galician: cima — the summit of a mountain
  • Galician: cimbro — the summit of a mountain
  • German: Berggipfel — the summit of a mountain
  • German: Bergspitze — the summit of a mountain
  • Greek: καταράχι (kataráchi) — the summit of a mountain
  • Greek: βουνοκορφή (vounokorfí) — the summit of a mountain
  • Hungarian: hegytető — the summit of a mountain
  • Hungarian: hegycsúcs — the summit of a mountain
  • Kanakanabu: lalangica — the summit of a mountain
  • Central Kurdish: سەرچیا (serçya) — the summit of a mountain
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjelltopp — the summit of a mountain
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjelltopp — the summit of a mountain
  • Polish: wierzchołek góry — the summit of a mountain
  • Russian: горная верши́на (gornaja veršína) — the summit of a mountain
  • Northern Sami: gáisá — the summit of a mountain
  • Lower Sorbian: wjerch — the summit of a mountain
  • Swedish: bergstopp — the summit of a mountain