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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.tɛks/
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• General-American: /ˈvɝˌtɛks/
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Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.

157 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aragonese: vértiz — highest point
• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — highest point
• Catalan: vèrtex — highest point
• Czech: vrchol — highest point
• Danish: toppunkt — highest point
• Dutch: toppunt — highest point
• Finnish: huippu — highest point
• French: sommet — highest point
• Georgian: ზენიტი (zeniṭi) — highest point
• German: Spitze — highest point
• German: Gipfel — highest point
• German: Scheitelpunkt — highest point
• German: Gipfelpunkt — highest point
• Hebrew: פסגה (pisga) — highest point
• Hungarian: csúcs — highest point
• Hungarian: csúcspont — highest point
• Hungarian: tetőpont — highest point
• Ingrian: kukkula — highest point
• Italian: vertice — highest point
• Japanese: 頂 (itadaki) — highest point
• Japanese: 頂点 (chōten) — highest point
• Korean: 정점 (jeongjeom) — highest point
• Lithuanian: viršūnė — highest point
• Macedonian: врв (vrv) — highest point
• Māori: akitu — highest point
• Norwegian Bokmål: toppunkt — highest point
• Plautdietsch: Spetz — highest point
• Polish: wierzchołek — highest point
• Portuguese: cume — highest point
• Portuguese: vértice — highest point
• Portuguese: topo — highest point
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — highest point
• Russian: верху́шка (verxúška) — highest point
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — highest point
• Slovak: vrchol — highest point
• Spanish: cumbre — highest point
• Spanish: vértice — highest point
• Arabic: يَافُوخ (yāfūḵ) — highest surface on skull
• Belarusian: це́мя (cjémja) — highest surface on skull
• Bulgarian: те́ме (téme) — highest surface on skull
• Catalan: vèrtex — highest surface on skull
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭頂 /头顶 (tóudǐng) — highest surface on skull
• Czech: temeno — highest surface on skull
• Finnish: päälaki — highest surface on skull
• French: sommet (de la tête) — highest surface on skull
• German: Scheitel — highest surface on skull
• Greek: βρέγμα (vrégma) — highest surface on skull
• Hebrew: קודקוד (kodkód) — highest surface on skull
• Hungarian: fejtető — highest surface on skull
• Ido: vertico — highest surface on skull
• Italian: vertice — highest surface on skull
• Japanese: 頭頂 (tōchō) — highest surface on skull
• Korean: 정수리 (jeongsuri) — highest surface on skull
• Lithuanian: viršugalvis — highest surface on skull
• Macedonian: теме (teme) — highest surface on skull
• Norwegian Bokmål: isse — highest surface on skull
• Persian: تارک (târak) — highest surface on skull
• Persian: فرق سر (farq-e sar) — highest surface on skull
• Polish: ciemię — highest surface on skull
• Portuguese: vértice — highest surface on skull
• Russian: те́мя (témja) — highest surface on skull
• Russian: маку́шка (makúška) — highest surface on skull
• Russian: ма́ковка (mákovka) — highest surface on skull
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrr a' chinn — highest surface on skull
• Serbo-Croatian: теме — highest surface on skull
• Serbo-Croatian: teme — highest surface on skull
• Slovak: temeno — highest surface on skull
• Slovene: teme — highest surface on skull
• Spanish: vértice — highest surface on skull
• Ukrainian: ті́м'я (tímʺja) — highest surface on skull
• Ukrainian: ма́ківка (mákivka) — highest surface on skull
• Arabic: رَأْس (raʔs) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Armenian: գագաթ (gagatʻ) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Azerbaijani: təpə nöqtəsi — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Bulgarian: връх (vrǎh) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Catalan: vèrtex — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Chinese Mandarin: 頂點 /顶点 (dǐngdiǎn) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Chinese Mandarin: 節點 /节点 (jiédiǎn) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Czech: vrchol — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Dutch: hoek — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Esperanto: vertico — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Finnish: kärki — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• French: sommet — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Georgian: მწვერვალი (mc̣vervali) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• German: Scheitelpunkt — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• German: Eckpunkt — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• German: Ecke — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Greek: κορυφή (koryfí) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Ancient Greek: κορυφή (koruphḗ) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Hebrew: קודקוד (kodkód) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Hindi: शीर्ष (śīrṣ) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Hungarian: csúcs — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Ingrian: kukkula — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Irish: stuaic — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Italian: vertice — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Japanese: 頂点 (chōten) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Japanese: 節点 (setten) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Korean: 정점 (jeongjeom) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Korean: 꼭짓점 (kkokjitjeom) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Lithuanian: viršūnė — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Macedonian: теме (teme) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Māori: akitu — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Norwegian: hjørne — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Persian: رأس — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Polish: wierzchołek — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Portuguese: vértice — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Romanian: vârf — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Sanskrit: विषुवत् (viṣuvat) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Serbo-Croatian: teme — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Spanish: vértice — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Tagalog: tuktok — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Tagalog: bagtasan — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Tamil: உச்சி (ucci) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Turkish: köşenokta — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Urdu: شیرش (śīrṣ) — corner of a polygon or polyhedron
• Armenian: գագաթ (gagatʻ) — element of a graph
• Chinese Mandarin: 頂點 /顶点 (dǐngdiǎn) — element of a graph
• Czech: vrchol — element of a graph
• Dutch: knoop — element of a graph
• Esperanto: vertico — element of a graph
• Finnish: solmu — element of a graph
• French: sommet — element of a graph
• German: Knoten — element of a graph
• German: Ecke — element of a graph
• Hebrew: קודקוד (kodkód) — element of a graph
• Hebrew: צומת (tzómet) — element of a graph
• Hungarian: csúcs — element of a graph
• Hungarian: pont — element of a graph
• Italian: nodo — element of a graph
• Japanese: 頂点 (chōten) — element of a graph
• Korean: 정점 (jeongjeom) — element of a graph
• Korean: 꼭짓점 (kkokjitjeom) — element of a graph
• Macedonian: теме (teme) — element of a graph
• Polish: wierzchołek — element of a graph
• Portuguese: vértice — element of a graph
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — element of a graph
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — element of a graph
• Slovak: vrchol — element of a graph
• Spanish: vértice — element of a graph
• Finnish: verteksi — point in 3D space
• Georgian: მწვერვალი (mc̣vervali) — point in 3D space
• German: Scheitelpunkt — point in 3D space
• Italian: vertice — point in 3D space
• Japanese: 頂点 (chōten) — point in 3D space
• Korean: 정점 (jeongjeom) — point in 3D space
• Korean: 꼭짓점 (kkokjitjeom) — point in 3D space
• Macedonian: теме (teme) — point in 3D space
• Portuguese: vértice — point in 3D space
• Russian: верши́на (veršína) — point in 3D space
• Serbo-Croatian: vrh — point in 3D space
• Serbo-Croatian: verteks — point in 3D space
• Spanish: vértice — point in 3D space
• Finnish: keskipiste — point where the surface of an optical element crosses the optical axis
• Spanish: vértice — point where the surface of an optical element crosses the optical axis
• Finnish: vuorovaikutuspiste — physics: interaction point