different between alpine vs wolpertinger

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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wolpertinger.

Noun

wolpertinger (plural wolpertingers)

1. A fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
   • 1995, Greg N Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, The generic book

     The wolpertinger roams the mountains and forests of the Bavarian Alps.

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