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mountaineering

mountaineering noun: the sport of climbing mountains.

Noun

mountaineering (usually uncountable, plural mountaineerings)

  1. (usually) The sport of climbing mountains.

mountaineering meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Arabic

mountaineering in Hindi

sport
पर्वतारोहण parvatārohaṇ

mountaineering in Tamil

மலையேற்றம்

mountaineering in Marathi

sport
गिर्यारोहण giryārohaṇ

mountaineering in Arabic

sport
تَسَلُّق الْجِبَال tasalluq al-jibāl
More languagesFewer languages
mountaineering in Persian
کوهنوردی kuhnavardi
mountaineering in Vietnamese
leo núi

Synonyms of mountaineering

Forms of mountaineering

pluralmountaineerings

Origin of mountaineering

From mountaineer + -ing.

Words formed from mountaineering

Questions about mountaineering

What does mountaineering mean?
Mountaineering means the sport of climbing mountains.
What is mountaineering in Hindi?
Mountaineering in Hindi is पर्वतारोहण (parvatārohaṇ). See Mountaineering meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mountaineering?
Mountaineering is a noun.
What is the plural of mountaineering?
The plural of mountaineering is mountaineerings.

Words near mountaineering in the dictionary

  1. mountainboards
  2. Mountainburg
  3. mountained
  4. mountaineer
  5. mountaineered
  6. mountaineering
  7. mountaineerings
  8. mountaineers
  9. mountainer
  10. mountainers
  11. mountainet

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