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treetop

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈtɹiˌtɑp/
  • UK: /ˈtɹiːˌtɒp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T R IY1 T AO2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The crown or uppermost branches of a tree.

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 upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crown

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: top

Narrower terms: capitulum

History

Etymology

From tree + top.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծառի կատար (caṙi katar) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Basque: adaburu — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Catalan: capçada — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 樹梢 /树梢 (shùshāo) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Czech: koruna stromu — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Danish: trækrone — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Esperanto: arba supro — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Finnish: latva — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • French: cime des arbres — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Galician: bico — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • German: Baumkrone — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • German: Baumwipfel — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Hebrew: צַמֶּרֶת (tsaméret) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Ingrian: latva — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Japanese: 梢 — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Central Kurdish: ترۆپک (tropk) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Central Kurdish: چِڵووک (çillûk) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Māori: kāmata — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Māori: puhikaioreore — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trekrone — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trekrone — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Persian: تاج (tāj) — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Portuguese: copa — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: кро̀шња — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: kròšnja — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Slovak: vrchovec — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Lower Sorbian: wjerch — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Spanish: copa — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Swedish: trädkrona — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Swedish: trädtopp — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Vietnamese: ngọn — crown or uppermost branches of a tree
  • Vilamovian: wypuł — crown or uppermost branches of a tree