acme

See also: ACME, Acme, and acmé

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæk.mi/

Noun

acme (plural acmes)

The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. [c. 1610]
- (Can we date this quote?), Alexander Pope
  The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
- (Can we date this quote?), I. Taylor
  The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.
(medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
Mature age; full bloom of life.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:apex

Translations

the highest point

Bulgarian: връхна точка (vrǎhna točka)
Dutch: hoogtepunt (nl) n
Finnish: huippu (fi), huippukohta
French: acmé (fr) f
German: Höhepunkt (de) m, Gipfel (de) m
Greek: απόγειο (el) n (apógeio)

Icelandic: hápunktur (is) m
Italian: acme (it) f, climax (it) m, apice (it) m, culmine (it) m
Russian: пик (ru) m (pik), кульминация (ru) f (kulʹminacija)
Spanish: acmé (es) m or f, apogeo (es) m, cúspide (es) f
Swedish: höjdpunkt (sv), kulmen (sv)

the crisis or height of a disease

Spanish: acmé (es) m or f

full bloom

Bulgarian: разцвет (bg) (razcvet)
French: force de l'âge (fr) f
German: Blüte des Lebens f

Italian: colmo (it) m, apogeo (it) m
Russian: расцвет (ru) m (rascvet)
Swedish: kulm

Further reading

acme at OneLook Dictionary Search
acme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Mače, came, eMac, mace

Italian

Noun

acme f (invariable)

acme

Synonyms

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