alta

See also: Alta, álta, älta, altă, Áltá, Alta., and Alt-A

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːltə/

Noun

alta (uncountable)

1. Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.

Anagrams

• Lata, lata, tala

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Asturian

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

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Basque

Conjunction

alta

1. however

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈal.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ta/

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

Noun

alta f (plural altes)

1. certification, registration
2. (military) fitness for duty
3. (medicine) discharge

   Ell va ser donat d’alta de l'hospital ahir. ― He was given discharge from the hospital yesterday.

Derived terms

• donar d'alta

Further reading

• “alta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish alta.

Noun

alta

1. hospital discharge

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Chinook Jargon

Adverb

alta

1. now

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈalta]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

Adjective

alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)

1. high (in altitude)
   • 2003, Hans-Georg Kaiser (translator), chapter 46, in 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

2. high (in pitch)

   Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.

   I can’t reach the high notes in that song.

3. 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.

4. (figuratively) high-minded, noble

   alta celo

   a noble goal

Antonyms

• malalta

Derived terms

• 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

• altitudo (“altitude”)

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Finnish

Etymology

The ablative singular of ala-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑlt̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Syllabification: al‧ta

Postposition

alta (+ genitive or possessive suffix)

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath.

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

   Antonyms: yläpuolelta, yltä

Inflection

Declension of alta noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative ala- – superessive alhaalla – genitive – – delative alhaalta – partitive – – sublative alhaalle – accusative – – lative alas – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive alla – distributive – – ablative alta – temp. dist. – – allative alle – prolative ali alitse – essive – – situative allekkain (alakkain) – translative – – oppositive alatusten – instructive – – abessive alati – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of alta
no possessor	alta
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	altani	altamme
2nd person	altasi	altanne
3rd person	altaan altansa

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• alempana
• alhainen

Anagrams

• -ltaa, alat, lata

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Galician

Etymology

See alto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaltɐ]

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baixa

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baixa

Adjective

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

References

• “alta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “alta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “alta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “alta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.

Adjective

alta

1. high
2. tall

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

alta m pl

1. vocative plural of alt

Noun

alta m sg

1. genitive singular of altadh

Verb

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

Participle

alta

1. past participle of alt

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: àl‧ta

Adjective

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

Anagrams

• lata

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Ladino

Adjective

alta (Latin spelling, masculine alto, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas)

1. high

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Latin

Participle

alta

1. inflection of altus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

altā

1. ablative feminine singular of altus

References

• 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)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈaw.tɐ/, [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈal.tɐ/, [ˈaɫ.tɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, 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

alta f (plural altas)

1. (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)

   dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta ― to be discharged

2. (Brazil) rise; increase

   Synonym: aumento

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Romanian

Pronoun

alta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of altul

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/, [ˈal̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia)

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Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baja

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baja

3. (law) tax declaration

Usage notes

• The feminine noun alta is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el alta

un alta

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

• dar de alta, darse de alta (“to sign up”)

Further reading

• “alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English altar.

Noun

alta

1. altar

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Turkish

Noun

alta

1. dative singular of alt