Alpine
pronunciation
How to pronounce Alpine in British English:
UK [ˈælˌpaɪn]
How to pronounce Alpine in American English:
US [ˈælˌpaɪn]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of alps
- living or growing above the timber line
Word Origin
- Alpine (adj.)
- "of the Alps," early 15c., from Latin Alpinus; see Alp. Earlier was Alpish (1590s).
Example
- 1. Alpine climbers , midi-plan traverse , france
- 2. The alpine dairy is run by the beck family in its fourth generation .
- 3. An interesting fact that tyva is situated in different climatic zones : taiga in the north and alpine grasslands in the west .
- 4. It might have been the alpine air , but some of the chief executives and business people in davos came to the end of the week feeling slightly better than when they had arrived .
- 5. Burley , who was highly regarded by the prime minister , ran into trouble last weekend when the mail on sunday reported he attended a stag party for an oxford contemporary at the french alpine ski resort of val thorens .