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alga

See also: algâ, algă, algā, algą, and ālgā

English

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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ɡə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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alga (plural algae)

  1. (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], →DOI:
      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

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  • Algaes is a non-standard plural.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin alga.

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Noun

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alga f (plural algues)

  1. alga

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

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Noun

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alga f (genitive singular algu, plural algur)

  1. alga

Declension

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alga algan algur algurnar
accusative algu alguna algur algurnar
dative algu alguni algum algunum
genitive algu algunnar alga alganna

Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈalɡa/ [ˈɑɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈalħa/ [ˈɑɫ.ħɐ]

 

  • Hyphenation: al‧ga

Noun

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alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

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Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English alga, from Latin alga.

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alga m (genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)

  1. (biology) alga
    Synonym: feamainn

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Declension of alga (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative alga algaí
vocative a alga a algaí
genitive alga algaí
dative alga algaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-alga na halgaí
genitive an alga na n-algaí
dative leis an alga
don alga 		leis na halgaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of alga
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
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.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

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Noun

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alga f (plural alghe)

  1. seaweed

Further reading

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  • alga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • alga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Etymology

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Of 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.

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Noun

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alga f (genitive algae); first declension

  1. Seaweed; plants that grow in freshwater.
  2. (figuratively) Something of little worth.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative alga algae
genitive algae algārum
dative algae algīs
accusative algam algās
ablative algā algīs
vocative alga algae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Descendants
  • Catalan: alga
  • English: alga
  • French: algue
  • Galician: alga
  • German: Alge
  • Italian: alga
  • Portuguese: alga
  • Romanian: algă
  • Sardinian: aliga
  • Sicilian: àliga
  • Spanish: alga

References

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  1. ^ 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

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *algā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-.

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Noun

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alga f (4th declension)

  1. salary, wage
  2. reward
  3. pay
    algu saraksts ― pay bill

Declension

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Declension of alga (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative alga algas
genitive algas algu
dative algai algām
accusative algu algas
instrumental algu algām
locative algā algās
vocative alga algas

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Lithuanian

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Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From 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]

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Noun

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algà f (plural al̃gos) stress pattern 4

  1. pay, salary, wage

Declension

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Declension of algà
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
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

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  1. ↑ 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
  2. ^ “alga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ “algà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 20 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

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  • “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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  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡa/ (Milanese)

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alga f

  1. seaweed

Occitan

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Noun

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alga f (plural algas)

  1. seaweed

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

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alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga, seaweed
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r:
      […] Et la ſu olor es como de alga marina. ⁊ dend toma eſte nõbre
      […] Its smell is like that of seaweed, thus the name it has been given.

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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algi

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Alge or French algue,[1] from Latin alga.[2] First attested in 1619.[3]

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Noun

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alga f

  1. 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

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Usually in the plural.

Declension of alga
singular plural
nominative alga algi
genitive algi alg
dative aldze algom
accusative algę algi
instrumental algą algami
locative aldze algach
vocative algo algi

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ 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]

Further reading

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  • alga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • alga in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin alga.

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡa]

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alga f (plural algas)

  1. (botany) alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)
  2. seaweed (any marine plant)

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin alga.

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ȃlga f (Cyrillic spelling а̑лга)

  1. alga

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin alga.

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alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish alga, from Latin alga.

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alga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜄ) (biology)

  1. alga

Further reading

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  • “alga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 24
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