Polyglot Dictionary

sommet

/sɔ.mɛ/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les sommets

Meaning

  1. summit, peak

    • Ils atteignent le sommet avant midi.

      They reach the summit before noon.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pic

pic and sommet are close synonyms for "peak"; sommet also separately means "summit," a meeting.

Similar in other languages

German

Gipfel

Gipfel is the German word for the same thing — both mean "summit, peak."

Practice

1 What does sommet mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils atteignent le ___ avant midi.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches sommet?

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