Neuter

culmen

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, neuter) stalk
  2. (declension-3, neuter) top, roof, summit, peak
  3. (declension-3, figuratively, neuter) height, acme

Opposite of
fundus
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkʊɫ.mɛn]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”). Doublet of columen.

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