all-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "all"

English

Etymology

From Middle English all- (also al-), from Old English eall-, eal- (“all-”). Cognate with Dutch al-, German all-, Swedish all-. More at all.

Prefix

all-

1. Indicates complete power or authority in an area.

   Synonym: omni-

   ‎all- + ‎knowing → ‎all-knowing

   ‎all- + ‎loving → ‎all-loving

   ‎all- + ‎seeing → ‎all-seeing

   ‎all- + ‎powerful → ‎all-powerful

   ‎all- + ‎important → ‎all-important

2. Indicates that a term applies in a general manner.

   Synonyms: omni-, pan-

   ‎all- + ‎around → ‎all-around

   ‎all- + ‎over → ‎all-over

   ‎all- + ‎India → ‎all-India = union-level scope

   ‎all- + ‎Union → ‎all-Union = union-level scope

Usage notes

• Words derived from all- are usually formed with a hyphen.

Synonyms

• (all): omni-, pan-

Coordinate terms

• -wide

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with all-

Translations

to indicate complete power or authority in an area

• Czech: vše-
• Finnish: kaikki- (fi)
• Polish: wszech- (pl)
• Russian: все- (vse-), обще- (obšče-)
• Scottish Gaelic: uile-
• Swedish: all-

to indicate that a term applies in a general manner

• Czech: vše-
• Finnish: yleis-
• Russian: все- (vse-), обще- (obšče-)
• Scottish Gaelic: uile-

Anagrams

• LAL, Lal, Lal.

Estonian

Etymology

From all.

Prefix

all-

1. located beneath, at the bottom, nether, sub-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with all-

Icelandic

Prefix

all-

1. fairly, rather, decently [since the 17th century]
2. (dated) very

   Ekki allfáir viðskiptavinir.

   Very many customers.

Usage notes

• Hyphenating compound terms prefixed with all- is allowed (same with hálf-, jafn- and lang-):

  All-óhugnanlegur.

  Rather gruesome.

Synonyms

• (rather): sæmilega, heldur, nokkuð
• (very): mjög, einkar

Derived terms

Category Icelandic terms prefixed with all- not found

• allfár (dated, synonym mjög fár; very few)
• allgóður (dated, synonym mjög góður; very good)
• allgóður (contemporary meaning, synonym sæmilegur; decent)
• allmikill (contemporary meaning; considerable)
• allvel (dated, synonym mjög vel; very well)
• allvel (contemporary meaning, synonym þolanlega, sæmilega; reasonably)
• enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má (no one is completely stupid if they can hold their silence; see silence is golden)

See also

• dá- (“rather, fairly, quite”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ala-, spelling due to influence of allr (“all”).

Prefix

all-

1. Alternative spelling of al-

References

• all- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old English el-, Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɬ/

Prefix

all-

1. out, off, ex-, extra-

   Synonyms: ech-, es-

   ‎all- + ‎morio (“to travel by sea”) → ‎allforio (“to export”)

   ‎all- + ‎plyg (“folded”) → ‎allblyg (“extrovert”)

   ‎all- + ‎pwn (“load, burden”) → ‎allbwn (“output”)

2. other, allo-

   ‎all- + ‎tud (“people, nation”) → ‎alltud (“stranger; exile”)

   ‎all- + ‎ffôn (“phone”) → ‎allffon (“allophone”)

Antonyms

• mewn- (“in-”)

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with all-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
all-	unchanged	unchanged	hall-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “all-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies