alga
English
editEtymology
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editNoun
editalga (plural algae)
- (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
- 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
Usage notes
edit- Algaes is a non-standard plural.
Hyponyms
edit- (photosynthetic aquatic organism): seaweed; green alga (Chlorophyta and Charophyta) and red alga (Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta) in Plantae); brown alga (Phaeophyceae) and yellow-green algae (Xanthophyceae), Haptophyta, and Cryptomonada in Chromista), and blue-green alga (Cyanobacteria)
- microalga
- golden alga
- ice alga
- snow alga
Derived terms
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Further reading
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editCatalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editalga f (plural algues)
Further reading
edit- “alga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editalga f (genitive singular algu, plural algur)
Declension
editGalician
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: al‧ga
Noun
editalga f (plural algas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alga”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English alga, from Latin alga.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalga m (genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- algach (“algal”, adjective)
- algeolaíocht f (“algology”)
- algeolaí m (“algologist”)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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alga | n-alga | halga | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alga”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm=
Italian
editEtymology
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editNoun
editalga f (plural alghe)
Further reading
edit- alga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- alga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editOf unknown origin, though probably a foreign substrate loanword related to ulva (“various grass-like or rush-like aquatic plants”). Note also similar dubiously-related forms in Baltic and Germanic with connotations of filth and dirtiness, including Lithuanian el̃mės, almens (“ichor, sanies”), (dialectal) Norwegian ul (“moldy”), olga (“to loathe”), elgja (“to fell like vomiting”), ulma (“to get moldy”), Middle Low German olm, ulm (“rottenness (esp. of wood)”), and Dutch uilig (“moldy (of wood)”).[1] These terms have been tentatively linked to a Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”); other similar forms include dialectal Norwegian alka (“to dirty, soil”), Norwegian ulk (“frog, slime”), Low German ulk (“frog”). That said, it is possible that the Baltic and Germanic are not related to the Latin, or that all the terms derive from the same substrate.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡa/, [ˈäɫ̪ɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡa/, [ˈälɡä]
Noun
editalga f (genitive algae); first declension
- Seaweed; plants that grow in freshwater.
- (figuratively) Something of little worth.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alga | algae |
genitive | algae | algārum |
dative | algae | algīs |
accusative | algam | algās |
ablative | algā | algīs |
vocative | alga | algae |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “alga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33
Further reading
edit- “alga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *algā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalga f (4th declension)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | alga | algas |
genitive | algas | algu |
dative | algai | algām |
accusative | algu | algas |
instrumental | algu | algām |
locative | algā | algās |
vocative | alga | algas |
Synonyms
editLithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *algā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-.[1] Cognate with Latvian àlga (“salary”), Old Prussian ālgas (“salary”, Gsg.), Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, “gain, profit”), Sanskrit अर्घ (arghá, “worth, value, price”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalgà f (plural al̃gos) stress pattern 4
Declension
editsingular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | algà | al̃gos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | algõs | algų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | al̃gai | algóms |
accusative (galininkas) | al̃gą | algàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | algà | algomi̇̀s |
locative (vietininkas) | algojè | algosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | al̃ga | al̃gos |
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “alga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
- ^ “alga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ “algà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 20 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
Further reading
edit- “alga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “alga”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
Lombard
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editalga f
Occitan
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editAudio: (file)
Noun
editalga f (plural algas)
Old Spanish
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editalga f (plural algas)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Spanish: alga
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Alge or French algue,[1] from Latin alga.[2] First attested in 1619.[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalga f
- alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms)
- Synonym: glon
- Hypernym: wodorost
- na bazie alg ― basedn on algae
- algi morskie ― sea/marine algae
- sproszkowane algi ― powdered algae
- nawilżające algi ― moisturizing algae
- brunatne algi ― brown algae
- zielone algi ― green algae
- niebieskie algi ― blue algae
- czerwone algi ― red algae
- lecznicze algi ― healing/therapeutic/medicinal algae
- hodowla alg ― algae culture/cultivation
- uprawa alg ― algae cultivation/growth/growing
- gatunek alg ― a species of algae
Declension
editUsually in the plural.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Krystyna Siekierska (31.03.2009) “ALGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
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editPortuguese
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- (Caipira Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈaɻɡa]
- Homophone: auga (Brazil)
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡɐ, (Brazil) -awɡɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧ga
Noun
editalga f (plural algas)
- (botany) alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)
- seaweed (any marine plant)
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editSerbo-Croatian
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editȃlga f (Cyrillic spelling а̑лга)
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editalga f (plural algas)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish alga, from Latin alga.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔalɡa/ [ˈʔal.ɡɐ]
- Rhymes: -alɡa
- Syllabification: al‧ga
Noun
editalga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜄ) (biology)
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