Meanings
nounarête (plural arêtes)
plural arêtes · alternative arete
- geographyA very thin ridge of rock.
In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 88
Origin
Translations
Finnish harja
- harjaa thin ridge of rock
French arête
- arêtea thin ridge of rock
German Grat
- Grata thin ridge of rock
Irish airéit
- airéita thin ridge of rock
Norwegian Bokmål egg
- egga thin ridge of rock
Polish grań
- grańa thin ridge of rock
Portuguese aresta
- arestaa thin ridge of rock
Russian гре́бень
- гре́бень (grébenʹ)a thin ridge of rock
Spanish arista
- aristaa thin ridge of rock
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with arête
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APA
arête. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ar%C3%AAte
MLA
“arête.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ar%C3%AAte. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arête,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ar%C3%AAte.
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