alta

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːltə/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

alta (uncountable)

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

See also

• alta-male

Anagrams

• Lata, lata, tala

Asturian

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

Basque

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /alta/,

Conjunction

alta

1. however

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

Noun

alta f (plural altes)

1. certification, registration
2. (military) fitness for duty
3. (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

Inherited from Spanish alta.

Noun

alta

1. hospital discharge

Chinook Jargon

Adverb

alta

1. now

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

Adjective

alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)

1. high (in altitude)
   • 2003, chapter 46, in Hans-Georg Kaiser, transl., 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. (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/,
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Syllabification^(key): al‧ta

Postposition

alta (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath

   Synonym: alapuolelta

   Antonyms: päältä, yläpuolelta, yltä

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

Inflection

Derived terms

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• alempana
• alhainen

Further reading

• “alta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• -ltaa, alat, lata

Galician

Etymology

See alto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baixa

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baixa

Adjective

alta

1. 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

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: àl‧ta

Adjective

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

Anagrams

• lata

Khalaj

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *altï.

Pronunciation

• (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA^(key): ,
• (Talxâbî, Xaltâbâdî) IPA^(key):
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key):

Numeral

alta

1. six

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971) Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Ladino

Adjective

alta (Latin spelling, masculine alto, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas)

1. high

Latin

Participle

alta

1. inflection of altus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

altā

1. 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

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

Adjective

alta f sg

1. 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.

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

1. (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)

   dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta ― to be discharged

2. (Brazil) rise; increase

   Synonym: aumento

Romanian

Pronoun

alta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of altul

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

Noun

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baja

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baja

3. (law) tax declaration, tax return

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el alta, un alta

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms

• dar de alta, darse de alta (“to sign up”)
• dar el alta

Adjective

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish altar. Doublet of altar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈta/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧ta

Noun

altá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. altar (a table used for religious rites)

   Synonyms: dalanginan, dambana, altar

Derived terms

Further reading

• “alta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English altar.

Noun

alta

1. altar

Turkish

Noun

alta

1. dative singular of alt