alpinisme
French, noun/al.pi.nism/
alpinisme is a French masculine noun meaning “mountaineering; hiking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sport qui consiste à faire des ascensions dans les Alpes et, par extension, dans n’importe quelles montagnes”.
What does alpinisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemountaineering; hiking
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport qui consiste à faire des ascensions dans les Alpes et, par extension, dans n’importe quelles 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 alpinisme
- alpinismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alpinisme?
- /al.pi.nism/
- /al.pi.nizm/
- \al.pi.nism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alpinisme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alpinisme in French?
alpinisme appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).