"culmen" meaning in Latin

See culmen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkʊɫ.mɛn] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkul.men] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”). Doublet of columen. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*kelH-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kolamen}} Proto-Italic *kolamen, {{der|la|ine-pro|*kelH-|t=to rise, be tall}} Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be tall”), {{doublet|la|columen}} Doublet of columen Head templates: {{la-noun|culmen<3>}} culmen n (genitive culminis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|culmen<3>}} Forms: culminis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], culmen [nominative, singular], culmina [nominative, plural], culminis [genitive, singular], culminum [genitive, plural], culminī [dative, singular], culminibus [dative, plural], culmen [accusative, singular], culmina [accusative, plural], culmine [ablative, singular], culminibus [ablative, plural], culmen [singular, vocative], culmina [plural, vocative]
  1. stalk Tags: declension-3, neuter
    Sense id: en-culmen-la-noun--jEiHVUH Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Landforms Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 63 29 8 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 50 31 18 Disambiguation of Landforms: 34 30 36
  2. top, roof, summit, peak Tags: declension-3, neuter Synonyms: cacūmen, apex, vertex, fastīgium, summitās
    Sense id: en-culmen-la-noun-qRbgKnQ3 Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 34 30 36
  3. (figuratively) height, acme Tags: declension-3, figuratively, neuter
    Sense id: en-culmen-la-noun-q7Y49cam Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 34 30 36

Inflected forms

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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "kulm"
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      "lang_code": "rup",
      "word": "culmã"
    },
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      "word": "culmi"
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      "lang_code": "en",
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    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cume"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "word": "cumio"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "colmo"
    },
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "culmine"
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      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "corm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "lang_code": "pms",
      "word": "colm"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "cume"
    },
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "word": "culme"
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      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "word": "culm"
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "curma"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "cumbre"
    },
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      "word": "culmen"
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          "word": "vertex"
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          "acme"
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      "ipa": "[ˈkʊɫ.mɛn]",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkul.men]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelH-",
    "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "colmo"
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      "lang_code": "ro",
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}

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