1. Haut. Le sommet d'une montagne.
2. Faîte. Le sommet d'un toit.
3. Apogée. Le sommet d'une carrière.
ETYM Old Fren. creste, French cręte, Latin crista.
1. The top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.
2. A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
3. (Heraldry) In medieval times, used to decorate a helmet.
The summit of a mountain
ETYM Old Eng. pinacle, French pinacle, Latin pinnaculum, from pinna pinnacle, feather. Related to Pin a peg.
1. A lofty peak.
2. (Architecture) A slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.
ETYM French sommet, dim. of Old Fren. som, sum, top, from Latin summum, from summus highest. Related to Sum.
Or summit conference; In international diplomacy, a personal meeting between heads of state to settle international crises and other matters of general concern. “Summit” was first used in this sense by Winston Churchill in 1950, although it could be applied to the meetings between himself, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Tehran and Yalta during World War II.
A meeting of heads of governments; SYN. summit meeting.
1. The highest or uppermost side of anything; SYN. top side, upper side, upside.
2. The upper part of anything
3. Something that covers a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); SYN. cover.
4. The greatest possible intensity:
5. A garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
6. A conical child's toy tapering to a steel-shod point on which it can be made to spin; SYN. whirligig, teetotum, spinning top.
7. Platform surrounding the head of a lower mast.
8. The first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; SYN. top of the inning.
1. The topmost part of a tree
2. The height or line marked by the tops of a group of trees
ETYM Latin vertex, -icis, a whirl, top of the head, top, summit, from vertere to turn. Related to Verse, Vortex.
1. The highest point of something; SYN. peak, apex, acme.
2. The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure.
Apex.