alpinism

English

Etymology

alpine + -ism

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈælpɪnɪzəm/

Noun

alpinism (usually uncountable, plural alpinisms)

  1. (sometimes capitalized) Mountain climbing.
    Synonyms: mountaineering, mountain climbing
    • 1912, “New Maps,”, in Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, volume 44, number 7, page 558:
      . . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism.

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Etymology

From French alpinisme.

Noun

alpinism n (uncountable)

  1. mountaineering

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