"arête" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈɹɛt/, /əˈɹeɪt/ Forms: arêtes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt, -eɪt Etymology: Borrowed from French arête, from Latin arista. Doublet of arista. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|arête}} French arête, {{uder|en|la|arista}} Latin arista, {{doublet|en|arista}} Doublet of arista Head templates: {{en-noun}} arête (plural arêtes)
  1. (geology) A very thin ridge of rock. Wikipedia link: Arete (landform) Categories (topical): Geology Synonyms: arete Translations (a thin ridge of rock): harja (Finnish), arête [feminine] (French), Grat [masculine] (German), airéit [feminine] (Irish), egg [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), egg [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), grań [feminine] (Polish), aresta [feminine] (Portuguese), гре́бень (grébenʹ) (Russian), arista [feminine] (Spanish)

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