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

AnagramsEdit

• Lata, lata, tala

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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

PronunciationEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

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Chinook JargonEdit

AdverbEdit

alta

1. now

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin altus.

PronunciationEdit

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

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AdjectiveEdit

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

AntonymsEdit

• malalta

Related termsEdit

• 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)”)

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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/, [ˈɑ̝lt̪ɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

PostpositionEdit

alta (+ genitive)

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath.

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

   Antonyms: yläpuolelta, yltä

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 – –

Related termsEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

• alat, lata

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian 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 sg

1. genitive singular of altadh

VerbEdit

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

ParticipleEdit

alta

1. past participle of alt

MutationEdit

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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ItalianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective 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/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.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; increase

   Synonym: aumento

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

   dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta ― to be discharged

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/, [ˈal̪t̪a]

AdjectiveEdit

alta f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.

NounEdit

alta f (plural altas)

1. certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baja

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baja

3. tax declaration

Usage notesEdit

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

el alta

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

Derived termsEdit

• dar de alta, darse de alta

Further readingEdit

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

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Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English altar.

NounEdit

alta

1. altar

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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

alta

1. dative singular of alt