peak

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
3. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
4. The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. (UK) visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
6. The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
7. The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
8. The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
9. A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
10. (Internet, uncountable) Something of exceptional quality.

Verb

1. (transitive) To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
2. (transitive) To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
3. (intransitive) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
4. (intransitive) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of peak trans.

Adj

1. At the greatest extent; maximum.
2. (slang) Maximal, quintessential, archetypical, strictly with positive connotations; representing the culmination of its type.
3. (Multicultural-London-English) Bad.
4. (Multicultural-London-English) Unlucky; unfortunate.
5. (Internet) Very good or high-quality.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
2. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
3. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.

Verb

Misspelling of pique.

Concepts

sommet

cime

pointe

pic

crête

bout

🔚

comble

faîte

🔝

apogée

point culminant

visière

piton

point

pointu

atteindre son apogée

maximum

arête

🦴

fleur

🌸

fleurir

🌸

floraison

haut

hauteur

aiguille

montagne

⛰️

nombre premier

paroxysme

pique

Synonymes

top

🔝

summit

tip

apex

climax

pinnacle

acme

point

zenith

crest

vertex

maximum

culmination

highest point

height

end

🔚

prime

visor

tiptop

ridge

crown

👑

eyeshade

heyday

head

mountain peak

hill

vizor

highlight

highest

culminate

superlative

flower

🌸

pike

meridian

mountain

⛰️

limit

top out

elevation

brow

efflorescence

cusp

blossom

🌼

headland

bloom

prong

bill

flush

spike

high point

nose

👃

Traductions

cima

🔝

Gipfel

cima

🔝

Spitze

pico

pico

cim

top

🔝

picco

cumbre

vetta

🔝

culmine

spits

piek

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/piːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pek

Hérité de ancien anglais: pīc

Appartenant à néerlandais: piek

Appartenant à danois: pik

Appartenant à suédois: pik

Appartenant à norvégien: pik

In summary

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.

Phrases

After six weeks , the song reached a peak of number two on the chart .

Applications include power generation for combined cycle or peak power .

Les applications incluent la production d'énergie pour le cycle combiné ou la puissance de pointe.

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .

Trips Peak Vendredi soir pour les cabines de médaillons et samedi soir pour les taxis verts.