cenit

Concepts

zenith

vertex

height

climax

zenit

meridian

culmination

Synonyms

zenit

apogeo

cénit

auge

💥

altura

puna

zénit

Hyphenated as

ce‧nit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θeˈnit/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.