different between alpine vs aline

English

Etymology

From Latin Alp?nus, from Alp?s (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æl.pa?n/

Adjective

alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line.

2. (skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.

   Coordinate term: Nordic

Derived terms

• Alpine County
• alpine pasqueflower
• alpine marmot

Translations

Noun

alpine (plural alpines)

1. (botany) An w:alpine plant, any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden.

Anagrams

• Lapine, Nepali, apelin, penial, pineal, plaine

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French alpin, alpine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?pi.n?/
• Hyphenation: al?pi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Adjective

alpine (comparative alpiner, superlative meest alpine or alpinest)

1. Alternative form of alpien.

Inflection

French

Adjective

alpine

1. feminine singular of alpin

Italian

Adjective

alpine

1. feminine plural of alpino

Anagrams

• paline, penali

Latin

Adjective

alp?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of alp?nus

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??la?n/, /æ?la?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Etymology 1

From a- +? line, possibly from Middle English alinen (“copulate”), Middle French aligner.

Verb

aline (third-person singular simple present alines, present participle alining, simple past and past participle alined)

1. Obsolete form of align. or misspelling

Etymology 2

From Middle English aline (“in line”)

Adverb

aline (comparative more aline, superlative most aline)

1. In line

Derived terms

• alinement

Anagrams

• Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, alien, anile, elain, laine, liane, linea

Middle English

Etymology

a- +? line.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?li?n(?)/

Adverb

aline

1. In (a straight) line.
   • c. 1400, Chaucer

References

• “al?ne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?line]

Verb

aline

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of alina
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of alina