pinnacle
The highest pointThe highest point.
» Australia is a pinnacle of social progress.
Australien ist ein Gipfel des gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts.
Meaning
4 sensesThe highest point.
Gipfel
пикpik, вы́сшая то́чкаvýsšaja tóčka, верши́наveršína
A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
Felsnadel, Felsturm
остроконе́чная скала́ostrokonéčnaja skalá
(figuratively)An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
Höhepunkt
пикpik
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 sentencesAustralia is a pinnacle of social progress.
deAustralien ist ein Gipfel des gesellschaftlichen Fortschritts.
The pinnacle of evolution is the dolphin.
It's the pinnacle of luxury.
deDas ist der Gipfel des Luxus.
He's unstoppable right now but the question is how long he can remain at the pinnacle of his career.
The pinnacle of stupidity is to accelerate when people want to overtake, be it on foot, on horseback or in a car.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculuFrom 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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