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Alp

Noun CEFR C2
ælp

Definitions

  1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.
  2. Initialism of Australian Labor Party.
  3. Acronym of axion-like particle.
  4. An alpine meadow.
  5. Initialism of arm's length principle.
  6. Initialism of alkaline phosphatase.

Equivalents

Françaisalp
DeutschAlm
Portuguêsalpe
7 more languages
العربيةالجبل
Bosanskivrhврх
Suomialppi
한국어
Српскиvrhврх
Svenskaalp

Examples

Nor breath of Vernal Air from ſnowy Alp.”
Hills peep o'er Hills, and Alps on Alps ariſe!”
There is a great alp of sand, one hundred metres high, between the pines and the ocean, […]”
“At the alp of Khyarkuti, a wide flat at the junction of several glens[…]”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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