English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Alpine Pronunciation
Alpine is pronounced AL-pyn, IPA /ˈælˌpaɪn/.
AL-pyn
US /ˈælˌpaɪn/ · UK /ˈælpaɪn/
Syllables: AL · pyn (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective: Belonging to high mountains, and especially to the Alps.
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Alpine in a Sentence
- The garden has an alpine bed built out of old stone.
- Alpine skiing returns to the schedule in January.
- Above the treeline the alpine plants take over.
Common Mispronunciations of Alpine
Not AL-peen
Pine is the word sitting in the second half, so the vowel there is the long i of nine.
Not al-PYN
Alps keeps its weight at the front and the adjective built on it does the same, leaving pyn quiet.
Tip: Alpine covers any high mountain region, so there are alpine meadows in Colorado and New Zealand.
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