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arête

noun
\ ə-ˈrāt How to pronounce arête (audio) \

Definition of arête

: a sharp-crested ridge in rugged mountains

Examples of arête in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Teaching their students rhetoric and philosophy, Sophists infused the traditional values of arete with a new spirit of intellectual inquiry. — Raquel López, National Geographic, "Did sons and daughters get the same education in ancient Greece?," 28 Aug. 2019

First Known Use of arête

1838, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for arête

French, literally, fish bone, from Late Latin arista, from Latin, beard of grain

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