- alpinism
- noun Usage: often capitalized Date: 1884 mountain climbing in the Alps or other high mountains • alpinist noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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alpinism — ALPINÍSM s.n. Ramură sportivă care cuprinde ascensiunile în munţi, în special escaladarea părţilor greu accesibile ale acestora. – Din fr. alpinisme. Trimis de ana zecheru, 06.01.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 alpinísm s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004.… … Dicționar Român
alpinism — noun Mountain climbing, especially in the Alps. . . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism. See Also: alpinist … Wiktionary
alpinism — /al peuh niz euhm/, n. (often cap.) mountain climbing, esp. in the Alps. [1880 85; < F alpinisme. See ALPINE, ISM] * * * … Universalium
alpinísm — s. n … Romanian orthography
alpinism — Al·pin·ism || ælpɪnɪzm n. climbing of mountains (particularly the Alps) … English contemporary dictionary
alpinism — al·pin·ism … English syllables
Alpinism — noun mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps) • Derivationally related forms: ↑alpinist • Hypernyms: ↑mountain climbing, ↑mountaineering … Useful english dictionary
Golden age of alpinism — The Golden age of alpinism was the period between Alfred Wills s ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Edward Whymper s ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which many major Alpine peaks saw their first ascents.Its start slightly predating the … Wikipedia
Silver age of alpinism — The Silver age of alpinism is the name given to the era in mountaineering that began after Edward Whymper and party s ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 and ended with W. W. Graham and party s ascent of the Dent du Géant in 1882. [… … Wikipedia
United International Alpinism Association — Tarptautinė alpinizmo asociacijų sąjunga statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Tarptautinė sporto organizacija, vienijanti visas alpinistų asociacijas, kurios pripažįsta Tarptautinės alpinizmo asociacijų sąjungos įstatus. Įkurta… … Sporto terminų žodynas
