alta
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑːltə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]alta (uncountable)
- Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alta f sg
Basque
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Conjunction
[edit]alta
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alta f sg
Noun
[edit]alta f (plural altes)
- certification, registration
- (military) fitness for duty
- (medicine) discharge
- Ell va ser donat d’alta de l'hospital ahir. ― He was given discharge from the hospital yesterday.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta
Chinook Jargon
[edit]Adverb
[edit]alta
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)
- high (in altitude)
- 2003, chapter 46, in Hans-Georg Kaiser, transl., Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven, →ISBN:
- La suno leviĝis. Freŝe laviĝinte ĝi eliris el sia marbanejo supren en la altan ĉielon.
- The sun rose up. Freshly washed, it left its ocean bath and went up into the high sky
- high (in pitch)
- Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.
- I can’t reach the high notes in that song.
- tall
- 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:
- Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.
- The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.
- 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:
- (figurative) high-minded, noble
- alta celo
- a noble goal
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- altaĵo (“hill, rise, elevated area”)
- alte (“high, highly”)
- altebenaĵo (“plateau”)
- alteco (“height; highness”)
- altejo (“height, elevated area”)
- altepreza (“high-priced, costly”)
- altestimi (“to respect”)
- altgrada (“high (in temperature, rank)”)
- altgrade (“to a high degree”)
- alti (“to be high”)
- altigi (“raise, elevate”)
- altiĝi (“rise”)
- altkreska (“tall”)
- altranga (“high-ranking; upper-class”)
- alto (“altitude; elevation; height”)
- alttaksi (“to appreciate, value”)
- altvalora (“valuable”)
- plialtigi (“raise; heighten; increase”)
- plialtiĝi (“rise, get higher”)
- tonalto (“pitch (acoustics)”)
Related terms
[edit]- altitudo (“altitude”)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The ablative singular of the stem ala-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]alta (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)
- from under, from underneath, from beneath
- Synonym: alapuolelta
- Antonyms: päältä, yläpuolelta, yltä
- Pallo vieri pöydän alta.
- The ball rolled from under the table.
Inflection
[edit]Declension of ala-
|
Personal/possessive forms of alta | ||
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no possessor | alta | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | altani | altamme |
2nd person | altasi | altanne |
3rd person | altaan altansa |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]See alto
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta f (plural altas)
- (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)
- Antonym: baixa
- entry into a profession or organization
- Antonym: baixa
Adjective
[edit]alta
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.
Adjective
[edit]alta
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta m pl
Noun
[edit]alta m sg
Verb
[edit]alta
Participle
[edit]alta
- past participle of alt
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alta | n-alta | halta | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alta
Anagrams
[edit]Khalaj
[edit]Perso-Arabic | اَلتا |
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *altï.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA(key): [ɑltɒ], [ɒltɒ]
- (Talxâbî, Xaltâbâdî) IPA(key): [ɒltɒ]
- (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [alta]
Numeral
[edit]alta
References
[edit]- Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Ladino
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alta (Latin spelling, masculine alto, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas)
Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]alta
- inflection of altus:
Participle
[edit]altā
References
[edit]- alta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]alta f sg
- feminine singular of alto
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:
- O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.
- Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.
Noun
[edit]alta f (plural altas)
- (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)
- (Brazil) rise; increase
- Synonym: aumento
Romanian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]alta
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta f (plural altas)
- (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)
- Antonym: baja
- entry into a profession or organization
- Antonym: baja
- (law) tax declaration, tax return
Usage notes
[edit]- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el alta, un alta
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms
[edit]- dar de alta, darse de alta (“to sign up”)
- dar el alta
Adjective
[edit]alta f sg
Further reading
[edit]- “alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Early borrowing from Spanish altar. Doublet of altar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalˈta/ [ʔɐlˈt̪a]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: al‧ta
Noun
[edit]altá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)
- altar (a table used for religious rites)
- Synonyms: dalanginan, dambana, altar
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “alta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]alta
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