alga

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.ɡə/

Noun

alga (plural algae)

1. (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

Further reading

• Algae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gaal, Gala, agal, gala

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡa/

Noun

alga f (plural algues)

1. alga

Further reading

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

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalka/
• Rhymes: -alka

Noun

alga f (genitive singular algu, plural algur)

1. alga

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga

Further reading

• “alga” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology

Borrowed from English alga, from Latin alga.

Noun

alga m (genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)

1. (biology) alga

   Synonym: feamainn

Mutation

Further reading

• "alga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “alga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.=

Noun

alga f (plural alghe)

1. seaweed
2. alga

Anagrams

• gala

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”). Cognate with Norwegian dialectal alka (“to dirty, soil”), Norwegian ulk (“frog, slime”), Low German ulk (“frog”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡa/, [ˈaɫ.ɡa]

Noun

alga f (genitive algae); first declension

1. Seaweed; plants that grow in freshwater.
2. (figuratively) Something of little worth.

Noun

alga f (4th declension)

1. salary, wage
2. reward
3. pay

   algu saraksts ― pay bill

Noun

algà f stress pattern 4

1. pay, salary

Etymology

From Latin algam, accusative of alga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈal.ɡa]

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga, seaweed
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r.

     […] Et la ſu olor es como de alga marina. ¬ dend toma eſte nóbre

     […] Its smell is like that of seaweed, thus the name it has been given.

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫɡɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈawɡa]
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [ˈaɻɡa]
• Rhymes: -awɡa

• Hyphenation: al‧ga

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Noun

alga f (Cyrillic spelling алга)

1. alga

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɡa/

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga

Further reading

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