pinnacle

English

/ˈpɪnəkəl/

noun
Definitions
  • The highest point.
  • A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  • (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
  • (architecture) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pinacle derived from Latin pinnaculum, pinna (feather, wing, fin, a pinnacle, wing-like appendage, flipper, dorsal fin).

Origin

Latin

pinna

Gloss

feather, wing, fin, a pinnacle, wing-like appendage, flipper, dorsal fin

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

翼

Emoji

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