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Alta

Alta

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

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Alta

  1. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Alta

  1. A female given name possibly from Latin alta ‎(“high”), fairly common in nineteenth century U.S.A.
    • 1870 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas:A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls: page 725 (Little Menan Light):
      "I'm thinkin', Marthy Ann, that as Altie's " ( she had been named Alta, for her mother ) - "close onto twelve year old, ye might be spared ter go off home- - -
  2. (rare) A male given name.

See also

References

  • U.S. Social Security Administration, accessed on December 15th, 2010: The first name Alta was included in the top 1000 female names in 1880-1956, and in the top 1000 male names in 1889, 1891, and 1895.

Anagrams

Norwegian

Proper noun

Alta

  1. A municipality in Finnmark, Norway

alta

alta

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

English

Noun

alta ‎(uncountable)

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

Asturian

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. feminine singular of altu

Basque

Conjunction

alta

  1. however

Catalan

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. feminine of alt

Chinook Jargon

Adverb

alta

  1. now

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin altus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalta/

Adjective

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

Antonyms

Finnish

(index al)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

alta (+ genitive)

  1. from under, from underneath, from beneath.
    Pallo vieri pöydän alta.‎
    The ball rolled from under the table.

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 – –
comitative – –

Antonyms

Related terms

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

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

Adjective

alta

  1. high
  2. tall

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə]

Noun

alta m pl

  1. vocative plural of alt

Noun

alta m

  1. genitive singular of altadh

Verb

alta

  1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

Verb

alta

  1. past participle of alt

Usage notes

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

Mutation

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.

References

Italian

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. feminine singular of alto

Ladino

Adjective

alta f ‎(Latin spelling)

  1. high

Latin

Participle

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

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

  1. rise
    dar alta a‎ ― to discharge (from hospital)
    ter alta‎ ― to be discharged

Spanish

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.

Noun

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

Turkish

Noun

alta

  1. dative singular of alt

Etymology

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