pinacle

English

Noun

pinacle (plural pinacles)

1. Obsolete form of pinnacle.

Anagrams

• Calpine, capelin, capline, in place, panicle, pelican

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French pinacle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [piˈna.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [piˈna.kle]

Noun

pinacle m (plural pinacles)

1. (architecture) pinnacle

Further reading

• “pinacle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pinacle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pinacle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pinacle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pinnāculum. Doublet of panache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.nakl/

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Noun

pinacle m (plural pinacles)

1. pinnacle, top

Further reading

• “pinacle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.