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summit
English
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English somete, from early Middle French somete, from Old French sommette, somet (compare modern French sommet), a diminutive of som (“highest part, top of a hill”), from Latin summum.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?m??t, IPA(key): /?s?m?t/
- Homophone: summat (in some dialects)
- Rhymes: -?m?t
Noun
summit (plural summits)
- (countable) A peak; the topmost point or surface, as of a mountain.
- In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount 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
- Summit County
- summiteer
Translations
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.
- 2012, Kenza Moller, "Eyes on the North," Canadian Geographic, vol. 132, no. 4 (July/Aug.) p. 10:
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English *summit, *sumwit, *sumwiht, variant of sum wiht, som wiht (“some thing”, literally “some wight”). More at some, wight.
Alternative forms
- sommit
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?mit/
Pronoun
summit
- (Northern England, East Midlands) Something
Anagrams
- mutism
Italian
Noun
summit m (invariable)
- summit (gathering of leaders)
- Synonyms: vertice, conferenza
Swedish
Verb
summit
- supine of simma. (strong inflection)
Anagrams
- mutism
Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from English summit.
Noun
summit
- summit
References
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mountaintop
English
Etymology
mountain +? top
Noun
mountaintop (plural mountaintops)
- The summit of a mountain.
Derived terms
- mountaintopism
Translations
Adjective
mountaintop (not comparable)
- Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.
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