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subalpine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
sub-alpine
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

At the foot of the Alps

adj

At or just below the tree-line

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English Alpine English subalpine From sub- + Alpine.

Inflected Forms

more subalpine (comparative) most subalpine (superlative)

Phrases

subalpine larch subalpine warbler

Synonyms

alpestrine

Questions

What does subalpine mean?
At the foot of the Alps
Where does subalpine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English Alpine English subalpine From sub- + Alpine.

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