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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespic escarpé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pik ɛs.kaʁ.pe
"Le pic escarpé se dressait fièrement au-dessus des nuages."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A steep, rugged, and rough mountain summit characterized by sharp projections of rock.
"The climbers struggled against fierce winds as they approached the icy craggy-peak." - 2
Any jagged or broken elevated top resembling a rugged mountain summit.
"Silhouetted against the sunset, the distant craggy-peak dominated the horizon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'craggy', deriving from the Middle English 'crag' (of Celtic origin, related to rock or rugged elevation) with the suffix '-y', and 'peak', originating from the Middle English 'pyk' or Old French 'pique'. Historically used in European romantic literature and geographical descriptions to depict steep, rough, and broken mountainous summits.
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pic escarpé
Transliteration: pik ɛs.kaʁ.pe
"Le pic escarpé se dressait fièrement au-dessus des nuages."
schroffer Gipfel
Transliteration: ˈʃʁɔfɐ ˈɡɪpfl̩
"Der schroffe Gipfel war nur für erfahrene Bergsteiger erreichbar."
picco aspro
Transliteration: ˈpik.ko ˈas.pro
"Il picco aspro dominava la valle sottostante."
pico escarpado
Transliteration: ˈpiko eskaɾˈpaðo
"El pico escarpado brillaba bajo la luz de la luna."
pico rochoso
Transliteration: ˈpiku ʁoˈʃozu
"O pico rochoso desafiava os aventureiros mais corajosos."
ऊबड़-खाबड़ चोटी
Transliteration: ubad-khabad choti
"पर्वतारोही ऊबड़-खाबड़ चोटी पर पहुँच गए।"
嶙峋的山峰
Transliteration: lín xún de shān fēng
"夕阳照耀着险峻嶙峋的山峰。"
험준한 봉우리
Transliteration: heomjunhan bong-ouri
"등산객들은 험준한 봉우리를 향해 올랐습니다."
険しい峰
Transliteration: keshi-i mine
"登山者たちは険しい峰を目指して出発した。"
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