culmen
Spanish, noun/ˈkulmen/
culmen is spelled C-U-L-M-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culmen is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “height, high point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El punto más alto de algo”.
What does culmen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheight, high point
- 2
masculineepitome
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El punto más alto de algo
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of culmen
- cúlmenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culmen?
- /ˈkulmen/
- [ˈkul.mẽn]
- [ˈkulmẽn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is culmen in Spanish?
culmen appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).