English

Adjective

alpinist ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to alpinism.
   • 1997, "From the editors," Jaskinie - The Caves (Bulletin of the Caving Commission of Polish Mountaineering Association), no. 7:

     The group of Warsaw cavers climbed out of several caves in Poland and of Sistema Cheve using alpinist techniques.

   • 2001, F. J. Sterck and F. Bongers, "Crown development in tropic rain forest trees," Journal of Ecology, vol. 89, no. 1, page 3:

     The crowns of taller individuals could only be studied from neighbouring trees (climbed using spikes or alpinist ropes).

Noun

alpinist ‎(plural alpinists)

1. (sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
   • 1885, "Notes and News," Science, vol. 5, no. 124, page 512:

     The Swiss geologist and alpinist, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, the first to make the ascent of Mont Blanc (Aug. 3, 1787), is to have erected in his honor a statue in the village of Chamounix.

   • 2000, Oliver Nicholson, "Constantine's Vision of the Cross," Vigiliae Christianae, vol. 54, no. 3, page 311:

     A cross in the sky could have appeared. . . . The famous Alpinist Edward Whymper saw a similar effect on the Matterhorn.

2. (sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.

Translations

References

• alpinist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “alpinist” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “alpinist” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

• antislip, pintails, tailpins, tailspin

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alpǐnist/
• Hyphenation: al‧pi‧nist

Noun

alpìnist m ‎(Cyrillic spelling алпѝнист)

1. alpinist

Declension