mountaintop

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Canada, US/ˈmaʊnt(ɪ)nˌtɑp/

adjective

Situated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivemountaintop (not comparable)

alternative mountain top

  1. not comparableSituated or occurring on the summit of a mountain.
nounmountaintop (plural mountaintops)

plural mountaintops · alternative mountain top

  1. The summit of a mountain.

    So we follow dear Jenny along the mountaintop trail, until it descends to the forest below, where Maple and Oak, and violet Trefoil, and velvety Viburnum grow; where polynose clusters hang from Striped Maple, and Cinnamon Ferns that show.

    2007, Hal Laza, The Green Embrace, page 77
    1 more example

    While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles.

    2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans bergspits
  • bergspitsthe summit of a mountain
Chinese Mandarin 山頂 /山顶
  • 山頂 /山顶 (shāndǐng)the summit of a mountain
Dutch bergtop
  • bergtopthe summit of a mountain
Finnish vuorenhuippu
  • vuorenhuipputhe summit of a mountain
German Berggipfel, Bergspitze
  • Berggipfelthe summit of a mountain
  • Bergspitzethe summit of a mountain
Greek καταράχι, βουνοκορφή
  • καταράχι (kataráchi)the summit of a mountain
  • βουνοκορφή (vounokorfí)the summit of a mountain
Hungarian hegytető, hegycsúcs
  • hegytetőthe summit of a mountain
  • hegycsúcsthe summit of a mountain
Norwegian Bokmål fjelltopp
  • fjelltoppthe summit of a mountain
Polish wierzchołek góry
  • wierzchołek górythe summit of a mountain
Russian горная верши́на
  • горная верши́на (gornaja veršína)the summit of a mountain
Swedish bergstopp
  • bergstoppthe summit of a mountain
Turkish zirve, doruk
  • zirvethe summit of a mountain
  • dorukthe summit of a mountain
  • şahikathe summit of a mountain
Cite this entry
APA

mountaintop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountaintop

MLA

“mountaintop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountaintop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountaintop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountaintop.

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