Alpes

Meaning

1. (declension-3) the Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)
2. (declension-3) a particular portion of the Alps

Concepts

Alps

Translations

Alpen

Alpler

Alpes

Alpi

Alpes

Alpen

Άλπεις

Alpes

Alps

ألب

Alp Dağları

جبال الألب

Άλπαι

Alps

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈaɫ.peːs]

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, rise”) or from a non-Indo-European (perhaps pre-Roman Alpine substrate) or Celtic source (compare Proto-Celtic *albiyū f (“alp”) or Scottish Gaelic alp f (“protuberance”)).
Compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”, plural), Old High German alba (“alpine pasture”), Middle High German albe (“mountain meadow, high mountain, mountain range”), whence German Alb (“mountainous area”). Potentially related to Albanus or albus (“white”).