alta

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

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

alta ‎(uncountable)

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

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AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

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BasqueEdit

ConjunctionEdit

alta

1. however

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta

1. feminine of alt

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Chinook JargonEdit

AdverbEdit

alta

1. now

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin altus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

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AdjectiveEdit

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

1. high
   • 2003, Hans-Georg Kaiser (translator), chapter 46, in Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven, ISBN 9173031372:

     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. 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.

3. (figuratively) high-minded, noble

AntonymsEdit

• malalta

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FinnishEdit

(index al)

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Uralic *ëla, whence Estonian all and Hungarian alatt (the ablative singular of ala-).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑ/
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

PostpositionEdit

alta (+ genitive)

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath.

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.‎

   The ball rolled from under the table.

InflectionEdit

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 – – comitative – –

AntonymsEdit

• (under): yltä, yläpuolelta

Related termsEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• alat

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

alta

1. high
2. tall

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IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə]

NounEdit

alta m pl

1. vocative plural of alt

NounEdit

alta m

1. genitive singular of altadh

VerbEdit

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

VerbEdit

alta

1. past participle of alt

Usage notesEdit

• Present subjunctive: Used with a noun or pronoun as the subject.

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alta	n-alta	halta	t-alta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

• "altadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

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LadinoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta f ‎(Latin spelling)

1. high

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LatinEdit

ParticipleEdit

alta

1. nominative feminine singular of altus
2. nominative neuter plural of altus
3. accusative neuter plural of altus
4. vocative feminine singular of altus
5. vocative neuter plural of altus

altā

1. ablative feminine singular of altus

ReferencesEdit

• ALTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɫ.tɐ/
• Rhymes: -awtɐ

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 138:

     O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.‎

     Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.

NounEdit

alta f (plural altas)

1. rise

   dar alta a‎ ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta‎ ― to be discharged

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SpanishEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

NounEdit

alta f ‎(plural altas)

1. certificate of discharge (from a hospital)
2. entry into a profession or organization
3. tax declaration

   dar de alta‎ ― to discharge (from hospital)

   dar de alta‎ ― to declare (a patient) cured

   dar de alta‎ ― to make note of a soldier’s return to his unit

   darse de alta‎ ― to join, become a member

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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

alta

1. dative singular of alt