pinnacle

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• /ˈpɪnəkəl/
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From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِمَّة (qimma) — highest point
• Armenian: գագաթնակետ (gagatʻnaket) — highest point
• Bulgarian: връхна точка (vrǎhna točka) — highest point
• Chinese Mandarin: 巔峰 /巅峰 (diānfēng) — highest point
• Czech: vrchol — highest point
• Czech: vrcholek — highest point
• Dutch: top — highest point
• Dutch: spits — highest point
• Finnish: huippu — highest point
• Finnish: huippukohta — highest point
• French: cime — highest point
• Georgian: მწვერვალი (mc̣vervali) — highest point
• German: Gipfel — highest point
• Hindi: शिखर (śikhar) — highest point
• Irish: spuaic — highest point
• Irish: buaic — highest point
• Italian: pinnacolo — highest point
• Italian: cima — highest point
• Italian: picco — highest point
• Italian: somma — highest point
• Italian: guglia — highest point
• Italian: cuspide — highest point
• Japanese: 頂上 (chōjō) — highest point
• Japanese: 頂点 (chōten) — highest point
• Malay: puncak — highest point
• Māori: karamata — highest point
• Māori: karamatamata — highest point
• Māori: taumata — highest point
• Māori: tihi — highest point
• Russian: пик (pik) — highest point
• Russian: вы́сшая то́чка (výsšaja tóčka) — highest point
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — highest point
• Sanskrit: शिरस् (śíras) — highest point
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — highest point
• Serbo-Croatian: vrhunac — highest point
• Serbo-Croatian: врх — highest point
• Serbo-Croatian: врхунац — highest point
• Slovak: vrchol — highest point
• Lower Sorbian: wjerch — highest point
• Spanish: cumbre — highest point
• Spanish: pináculo — highest point
• Tagalog: karurukan — highest point
• Welsh: uchafbwynt — highest point
• Welsh: brig — highest point
• Czech: špice — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Czech: špička — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Dutch: spits — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Finnish: terävä huippu — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Finnish: kalliopaasi — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• French: pic — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Georgian: მწვერვალი (mc̣vervali) — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• German: Felsnadel — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• German: Felsturm — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Irish: spuaic — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Irish: stuaic — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Italian: cima — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Italian: picco — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Russian: остроконе́чная скала́ (ostrokonéčnaja skalá) — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Serbo-Croatian: šiljak — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Serbo-Croatian: vrhunac — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Spanish: pico — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Welsh: copa — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Welsh: crib — tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain
• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — figuratively: all-time high
• Czech: (absolutní) špička — figuratively: all-time high
• Dutch: toppunt — figuratively: all-time high
• Finnish: kohokohta — figuratively: all-time high
• Finnish: huippuhetki — figuratively: all-time high
• German: Höhepunkt — figuratively: all-time high
• Hindi: चरम (caram) — figuratively: all-time high
• Italian: apogeo — figuratively: all-time high
• Italian: culmine — figuratively: all-time high
• Italian: apice — figuratively: all-time high
• Māori: karamata — figuratively: all-time high
• Russian: пик (pik) — figuratively: all-time high
• Spanish: ápice — figuratively: all-time high
• Spanish: pináculo — figuratively: all-time high
• Welsh: uchafbwynt — figuratively: all-time high
• Bulgarian: шпиц (špic) — architecture: an upright member
• Catalan: pinacle — architecture: an upright member
• Danish: fiale — architecture: an upright member
• Dutch: pinakel — architecture: an upright member
• Finnish: fiaali — architecture: an upright member
• Finnish: pinaakkeli — architecture: an upright member
• French: pinacle — architecture: an upright member
• German: Pinakel — architecture: an upright member
• German: Fiale — architecture: an upright member
• German: Spitzturm — architecture: an upright member
• Greek: κορωνίδα (koronída) — architecture: an upright member
• Greek: πτερύγιο (pterýgio) — architecture: an upright member
• Ancient Greek: κορωνίς (korōnís) — architecture: an upright member
• Ancient Greek: πτερύγιον (pterúgion) — architecture: an upright member
• Hindi: शिखर (śikhar) — architecture: an upright member
• Ido: pinaklo — architecture: an upright member
• Irish: stuaic — architecture: an upright member
• Italian: pinnacolo — architecture: an upright member
• Polish: pinakiel — architecture: an upright member
• Polish: sterczyna — architecture: an upright member
• Polish: fiala — architecture: an upright member
• Portuguese: pináculo — architecture: an upright member
• Spanish: pináculo — architecture: an upright member
• Swedish: fial — architecture: an upright member
• Welsh: pinacl — architecture: an upright member
• Arabic: يضع شيء على قمة عالية — put something on a pinnacle
• Finnish: asettaa huipulle — put something on a pinnacle