Definition
Relating to or occurring at a culmination or highest point; pertaining to the climax of something.
Etymology
From Latin culmina (peak, summit) + -al (adjective suffix). The root traces to culmen, meaning the highest point of a roof or peak, which evolved into meaning any pinnacle or climax.
Kelly Says
Latin builders used 'culmen' to describe the highest point of a roof ridge, and that architectural metaphor expanded so much that now 'culminal' can describe the peak of anything from a career to a musical phrase.
Translations
ARالعربية
الذروة
al-dhurooha
CACatalà
culminal
kool-mee-nal
CSČeština
culminal
kool-mee-nal
DADansk
culminal
kool-mee-nal
DEDeutsch
culminal
kool-mee-nal
ELΕλληνικά
κύμικος
ky-mee-kos
ESEspañol
culminal
kool-mee-nal
FISuomi
culminal
kool-mee-nal
FRFrançais
culminal
kool-mee-nal
HEעברית
צמחי גבעול
tza-ma-chi ge-vo-ul
HUMagyar
culminal
kool-mee-nal
IDBahasa Indonesia
culminal
kool-mee-nal
ITItaliano
culminal
kool-mee-nal
MSBahasa Melayu
culminal
kool-mee-nal
MYမြန်မာ
ရှင်းတွင်း ပေါ်
shing-twing pa
NLNederlands
culminal
kool-mee-nal
NONorsk
culminal
kool-mee-nal
PAPA
ਸ਼ਾਖਾ Drones
shakha drones
PLPolski
culminal
kool-mee-nal
PTPortuguês
culminal
kool-mee-nal
RORomână
culminal
kool-mee-nal
RUРусский
кульминальный
kool-mee-nal-nyy
SVSvenska
culminal
kool-mee-nal
SWKiswahili
culminal
kool-mee-nal
TEతెలుగు
శిఖరము
shikharamu
THไทย
จุดสูงสุด
jood song sut
TLTL
culminal
kool-mee-nal
TRTürkçe
culminal
kool-mee-nal
UKУкраїнська
кульмінальний
kool-mee-nal-nyy
VITiếng Việt
điểm cao nhất
điểm cao nhất
ZUZU
ukulmikol
oo-kool-mee-kol