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alpin

French, adjective/al.pɛ̃/

alpin is a French adjective meaning “of the Alps; Alpine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux Alpes ; qui croît, qui habite, ou qui se trouve sur ou dans celles-ci”.

What does alpin mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of the Alps; Alpine

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif aux Alpes ; qui croît, qui habite, ou qui se trouve sur ou dans celles-ci. 2. Relatif aux hautes montagnes.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of alpin

  • alpine feminine
  • alpins masculine plural
  • alpines feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alpin?

  • /al.pɛ̃/
  • \al.pɛ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alpin

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alpin in French?

alpin appears 3.1 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).