Tyrolean

American  

[ti-roh-lee-uhn, tahy-] / tɪˈroʊ li ən, taɪ- /

Or Tirolean

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.

2. designating or typifying the peasant dress of the Tyrol, especially a man's soft-brimmed, usually green felt hat with a peaked crown and a feather or brush ornament on the hatband.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.

Etymology

Origin of Tyrolean

1800–10; Tyrol + -ean (variant of -ian )

Example Sentences

Last Sunday, 58-year-old skier died in an avalanche in the Tyrolean resort of Weerberg in western Austria.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

The unique male was finally presented to the Tyrolean Federal State Museums by Toni Mayr.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

The Sun Valley Lodge, the area’s most upscale lodging, has retained its original Tyrolean style with red-patterned carpeting, chunky, anti-minimalist furniture, and framed black-and-white photos of luminaries skiing through the ages lining the walls.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023

It offers South Tyrolean cuisine such as Kaiserschmarren or barely soup, and has both dormitory-style and private rooms available.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2022

Fischer told me that he thought Lopsang had the potential to be “the second coming of Reinhold Messner”—the famous Tyrolean alpinist who is far and away the greatest Himalayan climber of all time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer