peak

Etymology 1
From earlier, , , from , (attested in , variant of ), itself an alteration of , , , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
 * 2) The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
 * 3)  The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
 * 4)  The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
 * 5)  The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
 * 6)  The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
 * 7)  The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
 * 8)  A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
 * 1)  The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
 * 2)  The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
 * 3)  The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
 * 4)  The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
 * 5)  A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
 * 1)  The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
 * 2)  The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
 * 3)  A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
 * 1)  A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.

Descendants

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Translations

 * Aromanian: ciumã
 * Bulgarian: остър връх, пик
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎤᏍᎪᎵ
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: akraĵo,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წვერო
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: cacūmen
 * Macedonian: врв
 * Occitan: pic
 * Plautdietsch: Spetz
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian:, , spicu,
 * Walloon:, ,


 * Aromanian: ciumã
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: шың
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Walloon: ,


 * Arabic: قِمَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: cãrciliu, creashtit, ciumã, culmã, angheauã
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, vrcholek
 * Dalmatian: čama
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, montopinto
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , , ,
 * Georgian: მწვერვალი, პიკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ῥίον, ἄκρον
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Ingrian: kukkula
 * Istriot: seîma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: шың
 * Korean: 산꼭대기
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: لووتکە, دوند, ترۆپک
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Southern Kurdish: لۊتگە
 * Latin: culmen, columen
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: врв
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tautara, keo, keokeonga, keho, tara
 * Ottoman Turkish: قله
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: pikchu
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mullach
 * Sicilian:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wjerch
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tocharian B: mrāce
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: چوٹی, شکھر
 * Venetian: sima
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Zazaki: sersıq


 * Scottish Gaelic: mullach


 * Finnish: keulapiikki


 * Finnish:


 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: maksimipiste
 * German:
 * Japanese:, 尖頭値, ピーク
 * Macedonian: врв
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
 * 2)  To exceed the maximum signal amplitude of (a piece of equipment), resulting in clipping of the signal.
 * 3) To reach a highest degree or maximum.
 * 4) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
 * 5)  To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of ).
 * 1) To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
 * 2)  To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of ).
 * 1)  To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of ).
 * 1)  To cause to adopt gender-critical or trans-exclusionary views (ellipsis of ).

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vrcholit,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: saavuttaa huippunsa, olla korkeimmillaan
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Malay:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Zazaki: pik resen, ser resen


 * Finnish: nousta huipulle ; olla huippu

Adjective

 * 1) At the greatest extent; maximum.
 * 2)  Maximal, quintessential, archetypical; representing the culmination of its type.
 * 3)  Bad.
 * 4)  Unlucky; unfortunate.
 * 5)  Very good or high-quality.
 * 1)  Unlucky; unfortunate.
 * 2)  Very good or high-quality.
 * 1)  Unlucky; unfortunate.
 * 2)  Very good or high-quality.
 * 1)  Very good or high-quality.
 * 1)  Very good or high-quality.
 * 1)  Very good or high-quality.

Etymology 2
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Verb

 * 1)  To become sick or wan.
 * 2)  To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
 * 3)  To pry; to peep slyly.
 * 1)  To pry; to peep slyly.