cumbre

English

Verb

cumbre (third-person singular simple present cumbres, present participle cumbring, simple past and past participle cumbred)

1. Archaic form of cumber.

Anagrams

• cumber, recumb

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin culminem, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. The sense of “gathering” is a calque of English summit. Doublet of culmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumbɾe/ [ˈkũm.bɾe]
• Rhymes: -umbɾe
• Syllabification: cum‧bre

Noun

cumbre f (plural cumbres)

1. summit, peak, top, hilltop (topmost point or surface, especially of a mountain)

   Synonyms: cima, pico

2. summit (gathering or assembly of leaders)
   • 2019 December 5, “Greta Thunberg abandona Lisboa en tren rumbo a Madrid”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     La joven cruzó el Atlántico en 21 días a bordo de un catamarán con el objetivo de llegar a Madrid para participar en la Marcha por el Clima y en la Cumbre sobre Cambio Climático.

     The young lady crossed the Atlantic in 21 days aboard a catamaran with the goal of arriving in Madrid to participate in the March for Climate and the Climate Change Summit.

3. (figuratively) apex, acme

   Synonyms: ápice, acmé

Derived terms

• cumbral
• Cumbre Vieja
• encumbrar

 

Related terms

• culminación
• culminar

 

Adjective

cumbre m or f (masculine and feminine plural cumbres)

1. main; primary; culminating; peak

   Synonym: colmo

Further reading

• “cumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16