alta
See also: Alta, álta, älta, altă, Áltá, Alta., Alt-A, and -alta
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːltə/
Noun
alta (uncountable)
- Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.
Anagrams
- Lata, lata, tala
Asturian
Adjective
alta f sg
- feminine singular of altu
Basque
Conjunction
alta
- however
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈal.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈal.ta/
Adjective
alta f sg
- feminine singular of alt
Noun
alta f (plural altes)
- certification, registration
- (military) fitness for duty
- (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.
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish alta.
Noun
alta
- hospital discharge
Chinook Jargon
Adverb
alta
- now
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): [ˈalta]
- Rhymes: -alta
- Hyphenation: al‧ta
Adjective
alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)
- 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
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- high (in pitch)
- Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.
- I can’t reach the high notes in that song.
- 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.
- Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.
- 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:
- (figurative) 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”)
Finnish
Etymology
The ablative singular of the stem ala-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑlt̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
- Syllabification(key): al‧ta
Postposition
alta (+ genitive or possessive suffix)
- from under, from underneath, from beneath.
- Pallo vieri pöydän alta.
- The ball rolled from under the table.
- Antonyms: yläpuolelta, yltä
Inflection
Declension of alta
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| 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
Galician
Etymology
See alto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaltɐ]
Noun
alta f (plural altas)
- (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)
- Antonym: baixa
- entry into a profession or organization
- Antonym: baixa
Adjective
alta
- 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.
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.
Adjective
alta
- high
- tall
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə/
Noun
alta m pl
- vocative plural of alt
Noun
alta m sg
- genitive singular of altadh
Verb
alta
- present subjunctive analytic of alt
Participle
alta
- 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. | |||
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.ta/
- Rhymes: -alta
- Hyphenation: àl‧ta
Adjective
alta
- feminine singular of alto
Anagrams
- lata
Khalaj
| Perso-Arabic | اَلتا | |
|---|---|---|
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *altï.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈta/
- (Mansûrâbâdî, Talxâbî) IPA(key): [älˈtä]
Numeral
alta
- six
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
Ladino
Adjective
alta (Latin spelling, masculine alto, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas)
- high
Latin
Participle
alta
- inflection of altus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
altā
- 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)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ta/ [ˈaʊ̯.ta]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈal.tɐ/ [ˈaɫ.tɐ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧ta
Adjective
alta f sg
- 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.
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Noun
alta f (plural altas)
- (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)
- daralta a ― to discharge (from hospital)
- teralta ― to be discharged
- (Brazil) rise; increase
- Synonym: aumento
Romanian
Pronoun
alta
- nominative/accusative feminine singular of altul
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalta/ [ˈal̪.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -alta
- Syllabification: al‧ta
Noun
alta f (plural altas)
- (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)
- Antonym: baja
- entry into a profession or organization
- Antonym: baja
- (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”)
- dar el alta
Adjective
alta f sg
- feminine singular of alto
Further reading
- “alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English altar.
Noun
alta
- altar
Turkish
Noun
alta
- dative singular of alt