noun, masculine/sɔ.mɛ/plural: sommets
summit, peak; summit (a conference of leaders); vertex (point on a curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature); vertex, node
“Nous avons convenu d’organiser régulièrement des sommets Royaume-Uni-UE réunissant les chefs d’État et de gouvernement pour examiner les progrès accomplis, en commençant par un sommet au cours du premier semestre de l’année prochaine.” — We agreed to periodically organize EU-United-Kingdom summits where heads of State and of government will meet to consider the accomplished progresses, starting by next summit during the first semester of next year.
Synonyms: cime, faîte
Inherited from Old French somet, sommette, diminutive derivation of som (“highest part, top of a hill”) from Latin summum.