mountaineering

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noun

The sport of climbing mountains.

Similar
alpinismmountain climbing
OriginEnglish mountaineer →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nounmountaineering (usually uncountable, plural mountaineerings)

plural mountaineerings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe sport of climbing mountains.

    Synonyms: alpinism, mountain climbing

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe sport of climbing mountains.

Similar
alpinismmountain climbing

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe activity of climbing a mountain

Similar
mountain climbing
Broader
climbmount
Also see
alpinismmountain climbing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishmountain
  2. Englishmountaineer
  3. Englishmountaineering

From mountaineer + -ing.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic تَسَلُّق الْجِبَال
  • تَسَلُّق الْجِبَال (tasalluq al-jibāl)sport
Bulgarian алпини́зъм
  • алпини́зъм (alpinízăm)sport
Catalan alpinisme
  • alpinismesport
Chinese Cantonese 攀山
  • 攀山 (paan¹ saan¹)sport
Chinese Mandarin 登山, 登高
  • 登山 (dēngshān)sport
  • 登高 (dēnggāo)sport
  • 爬山 (páshān)sport
Czech horolezectví, alpinismus
  • horolezectvísport
  • alpinismussport
Esperanto alpismo
  • alpismosport
Estonian mägironimine
  • mägironiminesport
Finnish vuorikiipeily, alpinismi
  • vuorikiipeilysport
  • alpinismisport
French alpinisme
  • alpinismesport
German Bergsteigen, Alpinismus
  • Bergsteigensport
  • Alpinismussport
Greek ορειβασία
  • ορειβασία (oreivasía)sport
Hindi पर्वतारोहण
  • पर्वतारोहण (parvatārohaṇ)sport
Hungarian hegymászás
  • hegymászássport
Icelandic fjallganga, ganga á fjöll
  • fjallgangasport
  • ganga á fjöllsport
Japanese 登山, 山登り
  • 登山 (tozan)sport
  • 山登り (yamanobori)sport
Korean 등산, 등반
  • 등산 (deungsan)sport
  • 등반 (deungban)sport
Norwegian Bokmål fjellklatring
  • fjellklatringsport
Persian کوهنوردی
  • کوهنوردی (kuhnavardi)sport
Polish alpinizm
  • alpinizmsport
Portuguese alpinismo, montanhismo
  • alpinismosport
  • montanhismosport
Romanian alpinism
  • alpinismsport
Russian альпини́зм
  • альпини́зм (alʹpinízm)sport
Slovak horolezectvo, alpinizmus
  • horolezectvosport
  • alpinizmussport
Spanish alpinismo, montañismo
  • alpinismosport
  • montañismosport
Swedish bergsbestigning, bergsklättring
  • bergsbestigningsport
  • bergsklättringsport
Turkish dağcılık, alpinizm
  • dağcılıksport
  • alpinizmsport
Ukrainian альпіні́зм
  • альпіні́зм (alʹpinízm)sport
Vietnamese leo núi
  • leo núisport
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mountaineering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountaineering

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“mountaineering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountaineering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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