premier de cordée

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁə.mje d(ə) kɔʁ.de/

Noun

premier de cordée m (plural premiers de cordée)

  1. (mountaineering) lead climber, climber in lead, leader
  2. (figuratively) trailblazer
  3. (figuratively) most wealthy person or country, any entity at the top of the economic ladder