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Meaning of Matterhorn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
  2. Something difficult to achieve or to surmount.
    broadly

Equivalents

Deutsch Matterhorn
Español cervino
Français Cervin
Italiano Cervino
한국어 마터호른산
Русский Ма́ттерхорн

Examples

“A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.”
“Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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