alpine

From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.paɪn/

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alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.

   alpine snows

2. (skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.

   Coordinate term: Nordic

alpine (plural alpines)

1. (botany) Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
   • 1991, Jack Elliott, Alpines in the Open Garden, Christopher Helm, →ISBN, page 64:

     There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are the elite of late-flowering alpines, but alas they can only be enjoyed by those gardeners with an acid soil, unless they can be grown in containers.

• Lapine, Nepali, apelin, penial, pineal, plaine

Borrowed from French alpin, alpine.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈpi.nə/

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• Hyphenation: al‧pi‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

alpine (comparative alpiner, superlative meest alpine or alpinest)

1. Alternative form of alpien.

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alpine

1. feminine singular of alpin

alpine f pl

1. feminine plural of alpino

• paline, penali

alpīne

1. vocative masculine singular of alpīnus