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Webster 1913 Edition

Summit

Sum′mit

Noun.

[F.

sommet

, dim. of OF.

som

sum

, top, from L.

summum

, from

summus

highest. See

Sum

Noun.

]

The top; the highest point.

Fixed on the

summit

of the highest mount.

Shakespeare

The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme;

as, the

summit

of human fame

(Zool.)

The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Summit level

the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Summit

SUM'MIT

Noun.

[L. summitas, from summus, highest.]

The top; the highest point; as the summit of a mountain.

The highest point or degree; utmost elevation. The general arrived to the summit of human fame.

Definition 2024

summit

English

Noun

summit ‎(plural summits)

(countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mt. Shasta.
(countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

Usage notes

Colloquially summit is used for only the highest point of a mountain, while in mountaineering any point that is higher than surrounding points is a summit, such as the South Summit of Mount Everest. These are distinguished by topographic prominence as subsummits (low prominence) or independent summits (high prominence).

Synonyms

(peak, top of mountain): acme, apex, peak, zenith

Derived terms

subsummit
summiteer

Translations

peak, top of mountain

Albanian: çukë (sq)
Arabic: قِمَّة f ‎(qimma)
Armenian: գագաթ (hy) ‎(gagatʿ)
Aromanian: creashtit n, cãrciliu n, angheauã f, culmã f, ciumã f
Azeri: zirvə (az)
Belarusian: вяршы́ня f ‎(vjaršýnja), пік m ‎(pik), вярху́шка f ‎(vjarxúška)
Catalan: cim m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 頂峰 (zh), 顶峰 (zh) ‎(dǐngfēng), 高峰 (zh) ‎(gāofēng), 最高點 (zh), 最高点 (zh) ‎(zuìgāodiǎn), 尖峰 (zh) ‎(jiānfēng)
Czech: vrchol (cs) m, vrcholek m
Dalmatian: čama m
Danish: top c, bjergtop (da) c
Dutch: top (nl) m, bergtop (nl) m, piek (nl) f, spits (nl) f
Esperanto: pinto (eo)
Estonian: tipp, mäetipp
Finnish: huippu (fi), vuorenhuippu (fi)
French: sommet (fr) m
Galician: cumio m
Georgian: მწვერვალი ‎(mc̣vervali)
German: Gipfel (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἄκρον n ‎(ákron)
Hebrew: פסגה (he) f ‎(pisgá)
Hungarian: csúcs (hu)
Ilocano: tuktuk ti bantay
Irish: uachtar m
Istriot: seîma f
Italian: colmo (it) m, culmine (it) m, cima (it) f, picco (it) m, pinnacolo (it) m, somma (it) f

Japanese: 山頂 (ja) ‎(さんちょう, sanchō), 最高点 ‎(さいこうてん, saikōten), 頂上 ‎(ちょうじょう, chōjō), 頂 (ja) ‎(いただき, itadaki)
Lithuanian: viršū́nė f
Lubuagan Kalinga: tuktuk
Macedonian: врв m ‎(vrv)
Malay: puncak
Manx: ard-veinn
Maori: taumata, toi, kōtihitihi, tihi, keokeonga
Neapolitan: tuppo m
Persian: قله (fa) ‎(qolle)
Polish: szczyt (pl) m, wierzchołek (pl) m
Portuguese: cume (pt) m
Romanian: culme (ro) f, vârf (ro) n
Russian: верши́на (ru) f ‎(veršína), пик (ru) m ‎(pik), верху́шка (ru) f ‎(verxúška)
Scottish Gaelic: mullach m
Slovak: vrchol m, vrcholok m
Southern Kalinga: tuktuk
Spanish: cima (es) f, pico (es) m, cumbre (es) f
Swedish: bergstopp (sv), topp (sv) c
Tagalog: ituktok, taluktok
Tamil: உச்சி (ta) ‎(ucci)
Telugu: శిఖరాగ్రం ‎(śikharāgraṃ)
Turkish: zirve (tr)
Tuwali Ifugao: tuktuk
Ukrainian: верши́на f ‎(veršýna), пік m ‎(pik), верхі́вка f ‎(verxívka)
Venetian: sima f
Vietnamese: đỉnh (vi), chỏm (vi), chóp (vi)
Volapük: sömit (vo), belasömit
Yiddish: שפּיץ m, f ‎(shpits)

gathering of leaders

Arabic: إِجْتِمَاع قِمَّة m ‎(ʾijtimāʿ qimma)
Armenian: գագաթնաժողով ‎(gagatʿnažołov)
Belarusian: са́міт m ‎(sámit)
Catalan: cimera f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 首腦會議 (zh), 首脑会议 (zh) ‎(shǒunǎo huìyì), 高峰會議 (zh), 高峰会议 (zh) ‎(gāofēng huìyì)
Czech: summit (cs) m
Danish: topmøde (da) n
Esperanto: pintkunveno
Estonian: tippkohtumine
Finnish: huippukokous
French: sommet (fr) m
German: Gipfeltreffen (de) n, Gipfel (de) m
Greek: σύνοδος (el) f ‎(sýnodos)
Hungarian: csúcstalálkozó (hu)
Italian: incontro al vertice

Japanese: 首脳会談 ‎(しゅのうかいだん, shunō kaidan), サミット (ja) ‎(samitto)
Kazakh: саммит ‎(sammït)
Korean: 수뇌회담 (ko) ‎(sunoehoedam) (首腦會談 (ko))
Macedonian: са́мит m ‎(sámit)
Maori: hui taumata
Pashto: لويه جرګه ‎(loya jirga)
Persian: جرگه بزرگ ‎(jarga bozorg), اجلاس سران (fa)
Polish: szczyt (pl) m
Portuguese: cúpula (pt) f (Brazil), cimeira (pt) f (Portugal)
Russian: са́ммит (ru) m ‎(sámmit), встре́ча (ru) f ‎(vstréča) (на вы́сшем у́ровне, в верха́х)
Spanish: cumbre (es) f
Swedish: toppmöte (sv) n (state leaders), ministermöte n (ministers/departmental secretaries), ledningsmöte n (organisational leaders), möte (sv) n (gathering)
Telugu: శిఖరాగ్ర సమావేశం ‎(śikharāgra samāvēśaṃ)
Thai: การประชุมสุดยอด ‎(kan prachum sut yot)
Ukrainian: са́міт m ‎(sámit), зу́стріч f ‎(zústrič) (у верха́х)

Verb

summit ‎(third-person singular simple present summits, present participle summiting or summitting, simple past and past participle summited or summitted)

(transitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
- 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
  Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.

Translations

to reach the summit

Finnish: päästä huipulle

Swedish: nå toppen

Anagrams

mutism

Italian

Noun

summit m ‎(invariable)

summit (gathering of leaders)

Synonyms

vertice, conferenza

Swedish

Verb

summit

supine of simma. (strong inflection)

Tatar

Noun

summit

summit.
İnvestitsiä Summitı = Investment summit.

References

İnvestitsiä Summitı

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