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alpenglow

Syllables: al·pen·glow/ˈal.pən.ɡləʊ//ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/

alpenglow noun: a rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.

alpenglow: a rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially...
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Noun

alpenglow (usually uncountable, plural alpenglows)

  1. (usually) A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
    • But Jim was all smiles and, as if in added welcome, alpenglow suddenly flared to flood the summit hot pink and lit up the cabin.2021 February 16, Dan Richards, “Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state”, in The Guardian

alpenglow meaning in Tamil and Arabic

alpenglow in Tamil

சூரியன் உதிக்கும்

alpenglow in Arabic

a reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains
شَفَق أَلْبِيّ šafaq ʔalbiyy

Forms of alpenglow

pluralalpenglows

Origin of alpenglow

A partial calque of German Alpenglühen (literally “glow of the Alps”), with the second element replaced by the English equivalent glow.

Words formed from alpenglow

Questions about alpenglow

What does alpenglow mean?
Alpenglow means a rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
What is alpenglow in Tamil?
Alpenglow in Tamil is சூரியன் உதிக்கும். See Alpenglow meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is alpenglow?
Alpenglow is a noun.
How do you pronounce alpenglow?
Alpenglow is pronounced /ˈæl.pən.ɡloʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of alpenglow?
The plural of alpenglow is alpenglows.

Words near alpenglow in the dictionary

  1. alpeens
  2. alpelisib
  3. Alpen
  4. Alpena
  5. Alpena County
  6. alpenglow
  7. alpenglows
  8. alpenhorn
  9. alpenhorns
  10. alpenrose
  11. alpenroses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alpenglow (page history and authors); alpenglow (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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