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English
Noun
alates
- plural of alate
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
Des-form of algama (“to start”), lit. "starting from".
Pronunciation
Preposition
alates (+ elative)
- since, from
Ta töötab meil alates sügisest.- He has been working with us since autumn.
Postposition
(elative +) alates
- since, from
Ta töötab meil sügisest alates.- He has been working with us since autumn.
References
- alates in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “alates”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009