alert
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈlɜːt/
- (General American) enPR: ə-lûrtʹ, IPA(key): /əˈlɝt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
- Hyphenation: a‧lert
Etymology 1 edit
From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l’erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).[1]
Adjective edit
alert (comparative more alert, superlative most alert)
- Attentive; awake; on guard.
- (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
- 1712 June 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, June 12, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 408; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself
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Noun edit
alert (plural alerts)
- An alarm.
- A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
- (military) A state of readiness for potential combat.
- an airborne alert; ground alert
- (computing) Synonym of bell (“bell character”).
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Etymology 2 edit
Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adj). Compare French alerter.[2]
Verb edit
alert (third-person singular simple present alerts, present participle alerting, simple past and past participle alerted)
- To give warning to.
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References edit
- ^ "alert, adj. and n.", OED Online, revised Sep. 2012 for Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "alert, v.", OED Online, revised Sep. 2012 for Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed.. Oxford University Press.
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alert (comparative alerter, superlative alertst)
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Inflection of alert | ||||
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uninflected | alert | |||
inflected | alerte | |||
comparative | alerter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | alert | alerter | het alertst het alertste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | alerte | alertere | alertste |
n. sing. | alert | alerter | alertste | |
plural | alerte | alertere | alertste | |
definite | alerte | alertere | alertste | |
partitive | alerts | alerters | — |
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- Negerhollands: allert
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alert (strong nominative masculine singular alerter, comparative alerter, superlative am alertesten)
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number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist alert | sie ist alert | es ist alert | sie sind alert | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | alerter | alerte | alertes | alerte |
genitive | alerten | alerter | alerten | alerter | |
dative | alertem | alerter | alertem | alerten | |
accusative | alerten | alerte | alertes | alerte | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der alerte | die alerte | das alerte | die alerten |
genitive | des alerten | der alerten | des alerten | der alerten | |
dative | dem alerten | der alerten | dem alerten | den alerten | |
accusative | den alerten | die alerte | das alerte | die alerten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein alerter | eine alerte | ein alertes | (keine) alerten |
genitive | eines alerten | einer alerten | eines alerten | (keiner) alerten | |
dative | einem alerten | einer alerten | einem alerten | (keinen) alerten | |
accusative | einen alerten | eine alerte | ein alertes | (keine) alerten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist alerter | sie ist alerter | es ist alerter | sie sind alerter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | alerterer | alertere | alerteres | alertere |
genitive | alerteren | alerterer | alerteren | alerterer | |
dative | alerterem | alerterer | alerterem | alerteren | |
accusative | alerteren | alertere | alerteres | alertere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der alertere | die alertere | das alertere | die alerteren |
genitive | des alerteren | der alerteren | des alerteren | der alerteren | |
dative | dem alerteren | der alerteren | dem alerteren | den alerteren | |
accusative | den alerteren | die alertere | das alertere | die alerteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein alerterer | eine alertere | ein alerteres | (keine) alerteren |
genitive | eines alerteren | einer alerteren | eines alerteren | (keiner) alerteren | |
dative | einem alerteren | einer alerteren | einem alerteren | (keinen) alerteren | |
accusative | einen alerteren | eine alertere | ein alerteres | (keine) alerteren |
Further reading edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French alerte or English alert, from Italian all'erta.[1][2] First attested in the second half of the 20th century.[2]
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Noun edit
alert m inan
- alert (device used to alarm people)
- Synonym: alarm
- antyterrorystyczny alert ― a terrorist alert
- alert (sound used to alarm people)
- Synonym: alarm
- alert (state of being alerted)
- pomarańczowy alert ― orange alert
- czerwony alert ― red alert
- alert ekologiczny ― an ecological alert
- ogłaszać/ogłosić alert ― to declare alert
- alert obowiązuje ― alert holds form/applies to
- (military) alert (state of readiness for potential combat)
- (technology) alert
- Synonym: powiadomienie
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References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “alert”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “alert”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
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Romanian edit
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Adjective edit
alert m or n (feminine singular alertă, masculine plural alerți, feminine and neuter plural alerte)
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French alerte, from Italian all'erta (“on guard”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
alert (comparative alertare, superlative alertast)
Declension edit
Inflection of alert | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | alert | alertare | alertast |
Neuter singular | alert | alertare | alertast |
Plural | alerta | alertare | alertast |
Masculine plural3 | alerte | alertare | alertast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | alerte | alertare | alertaste |
All | alerta | alertare | alertaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |