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

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. feminine singular of altu

Basque

Conjunction

alta

  1. however

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. feminine singular of alt

Chinook Jargon

Adverb

alta

  1. now

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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 pluraladverbial
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

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian 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 sg

  1. genitive singular of altadh

Verb

alta

  1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

Participle

alta

  1. past participle of alt

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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

Adjective

alta f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective 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/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɐ/
  • Rhymes: -awtɐ

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

  1. rise; increase
  2. (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)
    dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)
    ter alta ― to be discharged

Synonyms

Adjective

alta

  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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalta/, [ˈal̪t̪a]

Adjective

alta

  1. Feminine singular of adjective alto.

Noun

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 notes

  • 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 terms

Further reading

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English altar.

Noun

alta

  1. altar

Turkish

Noun

alta

  1. dative singular of alt
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