vetta
peak / summit
Advanced Noun Feminine
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Pronunciation
/ˈvet.ta/
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Cultural Note
Italy shares Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco), Western Europe's highest peak, with France. The Italian Alps and Dolomites offer world-class mountaineering. Reinhold Messner, the legendary mountaineer who was the first to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, is from South Tyrol in northern Italy. He established the Messner Mountain Museum in the Dolomites.
📝 Example Sentences
Abbiamo raggiunto la vetta dopo sei ore di cammino.
We reached the summit after six hours of walking.
Dalla vetta si vedono le nuvole sotto di noi.
From the peak you can see the clouds below us.
La vetta del Monte Bianco è a 4.808 metri.
The summit of Mont Blanc is at 4,808 meters.