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arêtes

arêtes is the plural of arête.

Meaning of arête

Noun

arête (plural arêtes)

  1. A 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

Questions about arêtes

What is arêtes the plural of?
Arêtes is the plural of arête.

Words near arêtes in the dictionary

  1. aræometer
  2. aræometers
  3. aræometry
  4. Arçay
  5. arête
  6. arêtes
  7. as
  8. as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
  9. as a duck takes to water
  10. as a lamb to the slaughter
  11. as a matter of fact

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