"Matterhorn" meaning in English

See Matterhorn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Matterhorn. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Matterhorn}} Borrowed from German Matterhorn Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Matterhorn
  1. An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy. Categories (place): Mountains Translations (mountain): Matehorn (Albanian), مَاتَّرْهُورْن (mattarhorn) (Arabic), ماترهورن (materhorn) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), Մաթերհորն (Matʻerhorn) (Armenian), Ма́тэргорн (Máterhorn) [masculine] (Belarusian), Ма́тэрхорн (Máterxorn) [masculine] (Belarusian), ম্যাটারহর্ন (mêṭarhorno) (Bengali), Ма́терхорн (Máterhorn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Cerví [masculine] (Catalan), 馬特洪峰 (Chinese Cantonese), 马特洪峰 (maa⁵ dak⁶ hung⁴ fung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 馬特洪峰 (Chinese Mandarin), 马特洪峰 (Mǎtèhóng fēng) (Chinese Mandarin), Materhorno (Esperanto), Grand'Bèca (Franco-Provençal), Gran Becca (Valdôtain) (Franco-Provençal), Cervin [masculine] (French), მატერჰორნი (maṭerhorni) (Georgian), Matterhorn [neuter] (German), Horu (Walser) [Alemannic-German] (German), Hore (Walser) [Alemannic-German] (German), Μάττερχορν (Mátterchorn) (Greek), Τσερβίνο (Tservíno) (Greek), מטרהורן (Hebrew), an Mhatterhorn (Irish), Cervino [masculine] (Italian), マッターホルン (Mattāhorun) (Japanese), 마터호른산 (Mateohoreunsan) (Korean), Materhorns (Latvian), Materhornas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Матерхорн (Materhorn) [masculine] (Macedonian), Cervino (Neapolitan), Cervin (Occitan), ماترهورن (Persian), Servin [masculine] (Piedmontese), Ма́ттерхорн (Mátterxorn) [masculine] (Russian), Cirvinu (Sicilian), Cervino [masculine] (Spanish), มัทเทอร์ฮอร์น (Thai), Ма́тергорн (Máterhorn) (Ukrainian), میٹرہارن (Urdu), میٹرہارن (meṭrhārn) (Western Panjabi), מאַטערהאָרן (materhorn) (Yiddish)
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  2. (by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount. Tags: broadly
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          "ref": "1970 August 14, Henry J. Taylor, “Where Do We Stand Now?”, in Prescott Evening Courier:",
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          "text": "Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.",
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        "(by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount."
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    "Matterhorn"
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}
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
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          "ref": "1970 August 14, Henry J. Taylor, “Where Do We Stand Now?”, in Prescott Evening Courier:",
          "text": "A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.",
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        "(by extension) Something difficult to achieve or to surmount."
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Matehorn"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "مَاتَّرْهُورْن"
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "mountain",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Matʻerhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Մաթերհորն"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Máterhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́тэргорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Máterxorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́тэрхорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "mêṭarhorno",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "ম্যাটারহর্ন"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Máterhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́терхорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cerví"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "馬特洪峰"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "maa⁵ dak⁶ hung⁴ fung¹",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "马特洪峰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "馬特洪峰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎtèhóng fēng",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "马特洪峰"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Materhorno"
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    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Grand'Bèca"
    },
    {
      "code": "frp",
      "lang": "Franco-Provençal",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Gran Becca (Valdôtain)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cervin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maṭerhorni",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "მატერჰორნი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Matterhorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Horu (Walser)"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "Hore (Walser)"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Mátterchorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Μάττερχορν"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tservíno",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Τσερβίνο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "מטרהורן"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "an Mhatterhorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cervino"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Mattāhorun",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "マッターホルン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Mateohoreunsan",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "마터호른산"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Materhorns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Materhornas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Materhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Матерхорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Cervino"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Cervin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "ماترهورن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Servin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Mátterxorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́ттерхорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Cirvinu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cervino"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "มัทเทอร์ฮอร์น"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Máterhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "Ма́тергорн"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "میٹرہارن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnb",
      "lang": "Western Panjabi",
      "roman": "meṭrhārn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "میٹرہارن"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "materhorn",
      "sense": "mountain",
      "word": "מאַטערהאָרן"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Matterhorn"
  ],
  "word": "Matterhorn"
}

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