alpinist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English alpine

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English alpinist

From alpine + -ist.

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, F. Bongers, “Crown development in tropic rain forest trees,”, in Journal of Ecology, volume 89, number 1, page 3:

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

2. (skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.

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,”, in Science, volume 5, number 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,”, in Vigiliae Christianae, volume 54, number 3, page 311:

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

2. (skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.
3. (skiing) Synonym of alpine skier.

Derived terms

• alpinistic

Translations

mountain climber — see mountaineer

References

• “alpinist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “alpinist”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Anagrams

• anti-slip, antislip, pintails, tailpins, tailspin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alpiniste.

Noun

alpinist m (plural alpiniști, feminine equivalent alpinistă)

1. climber

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alpinist	alpinistul	alpiniști	alpiniștii
genitive-dative	alpinist	alpinistului	alpiniști	alpiniștilor
vocative	alpinistule		alpiniștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• alpìnista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alpìnist m anim (Cyrillic spelling алпѝнист)

1. (Croatia) alpinist

Declension

Declension of alpinist

	singular	plural
nominative	alpinist	alpinisti
genitive	alpinista	alpinista
dative	alpinistu	alpinistima
accusative	alpinista	alpiniste
vocative	alpiniste	alpinisti
locative	alpinistu	alpinistima
instrumental	alpinistom	alpinistima