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Webster 1913 Edition

Alp

Alp

,
Noun.
[L.
Alpes
the Alps, said to be of Celtic origin; cf. Gael.
alp
a high mountain, Ir.
ailp
any huge mass or lump: cf. F.
Alpes
.]
1.
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Nor breath of vernal air from snowy
alp
.
Milton.
Hills peep o’er hills, and
alps
on
alps
arise.
Pope.
2.
Fig.: Something lofty, or massive, or very hard to be surmounted.
☞ The plural form Alps is sometimes used as a singular. “The Alps doth spit.”
Shak.

Alp

,
Noun.
A bullfinch.
Rom. of R.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alp

ALP

, ALPS,
Noun.
[Gr. white; L. albus
A high mountain. The name, it is supposed, was originally given to mountains whose tops were covered with snow, and hence appropriately applied to the mountains of Swisserland; so that by Alps is generally understood the latter mountains. But geographers apply the name to any high mountains.

Definition 2024

Alp

Alp

See also: alp and ALP

German

Noun

Alp m ‎(genitive Alps or Alpes, plural Alpen)

  1. Alternative form of Alb (elf).

Turkish

Etymology

From alp ‎(“brave, hero”).

Proper noun

Alp

  1. A male given name

See also

alp

alp

See also: Alp and ALP

English

Noun

alp ‎(plural alps)

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
    • Milton
      Nor breath of vernal air from snowy alp.
    • Alexander Pope
      Hills peep o'er hills, and alps on alps arise.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Abbreviation

alp

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish

Verb

alp ‎(present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

  1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
  2. (transitive) grab

Conjugation

Noun

alp m ‎(genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

  1. alp (high mountain)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alp n-alp halp t-alp
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.

Noun

alp m ‎(plural elbe or elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
  3. nightmare (later meaning)

Descendants

References

  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

alp f ‎(genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

  1. protuberance, eminence
  2. mountain

Swedish

Noun

alp c

  1. alp; a mountain in the Alps.

Declension

Inflection of alp 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative alp alpen alper alperna
Genitive alps alpens alpers alpernas

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰞𐰯 ‎(alp, “warrior, brave; difficult, hard”), [script needed] ‎(alp-a-ɣut, “to capture, conquer; warrior, hero, brave”), from Proto-Turkic *ălp ‎(“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”), and according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, possibly from Proto-Altaic *ălpa ‎(“unable, sick; man-at-arms”) (compare Japanese 哀れ ‎(aware, “pity”), Korean 아픈 ‎(apeun, “to be ill”)).[1]

Adjective

alp

  1. brave, hero

References

  1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ălpa”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology

Back-formation from alps ‎(plural), from Latin alpes ‎(“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”), of Celtic *albiyos or Germanic *albiz origin (compare Old Saxon elbon ‎(“Alps”), Old High German Alpūn ‎(“Alps”); Old High German alba ‎(“alp, mountain”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós ‎(“white”).

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