"Sherpa" meaning in English

See Sherpa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃɝpə/ [US]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sherpa
  1. The Southern Tibetan language of these people. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (language): xerpa [masculine] (Catalan), šerpa (Finnish), Sherpa (German), शेर्पा भाषा (śerpā bhāṣā) (Nepali), xerpa [masculine] (Portuguese), шерпский (šerpskij) (Russian), शेर्वी तम्ङे (sherwī tamnge) (Sherpa), ཤར་པའི་སྐད (shar pa'i skad) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-Sherpa-en-name-exMpsH2a Disambiguation of Languages: 71 20 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 30 35

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɝpə/ [US] Forms: Sherpas [plural], Sherpa [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Sherpa}} Sherpa (plural Sherpas or Sherpa)
  1. A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers. Translations (member of an ethnic group): xerpa [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 夏爾巴人 (Chinese Mandarin), 夏尔巴人 (Xià'ěrbā Rén) (Chinese Mandarin), Sherpa [masculine] (German), शेर्पा (śerpā) (Hindi), serpa (Hungarian), शेर्पा (śerpā) (Nepali), Szerpa [masculine] (Polish), Szerpijka [feminine] (Polish), xerpa [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ше́рпа (šérpa) [masculine] (Russian), ཤེརཔཱ (sherp̄) (Sherpa), शेर्पा (sherpā) (Sherpa), sherpa [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), ཤར་བ (shar ba) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-Sherpa-en-noun-tS5W54ix Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of 'member of an ethnic group': 95 5
  2. A high-ranking government official who works tirelessly in the background to conclude the text of an official communiqué, typically from a G7 or G20 summit.
    Sense id: en-Sherpa-en-noun-UIbMtvcM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 30 35

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Sherpa meaning in English (6.1kB)

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