Meaning

4 senses
  1. The highest point.

    Gipfel

    пикpik, вы́сшая то́чкаvýsšaja tóčka, верши́наveršína

  2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

    Felsnadel, Felsturm

    остроконе́чная скала́ostrokonéčnaja skalá

  3. (figuratively)An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

    Höhepunkt

    пикpik

  4. An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

    Pinakel, Fiale, Spitzturm

    (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Australia is a pinnacle of social progress.

    deAustralien ist ein Gipfel des gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts.

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  2. The pinnacle of evolution is the dolphin.

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  3. It's the pinnacle of luxury.

    deDas ist der Gipfel des Luxus.

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  4. He's unstoppable right now but the question is how long he can remain at the pinnacle of his career.

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  5. The pinnacle of stupidity is to accelerate when people want to overtake, be it on foot, on horseback or in a car.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
highest point:
tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
highest point:
tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain:
figuratively: all-time high:
architecture: an upright member:

Origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculu

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.

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Forms

plural: pinnacles
Singularpinnacle
Pluralpinnacles

regular

Synonyms

32 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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