alte

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Eastern Arrernte

Noun

alte

  1. (anatomy) hair

References

Esperanto

Etymology

alta +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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Adverb

alte

  1. high
    Alte levu la manon.
    Raise your hand high.
    Nuboj ŝvebis alte super la urbo.
    Clouds floated high above the city.
    Vi tro alte pendigis la bildon.
    You hung the picture too high.
  2. highly
    alte estimata
    highly esteemed
    alte evoluinta civilizo
    a highly evolved civilization

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

alte

  1. inflection of alt:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

alte (comparative plus alte, superlative le plus alte)

  1. high

Antonyms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.te/
  • Rhymes: -alte
  • Hyphenation: àl‧te

Adjective

alte f pl

  1. feminine plural of alto

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From altus (“high, deep”) +‎ -ē.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adverb

altē (comparative altius, superlative altissimē)

  1. high, on high; from on high; from above
  2. deep; deeply
    Synonym: penitus
  3. profoundly; from afar

Etymology 2

Inflected form of altus (“high, deep”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

alte

  1. vocative masculine singular of altus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of altus (“nourished, supplied”), perfect passive participle of alō (“foster, feed, develop”).

Pronunciation

Participle

alte

  1. vocative masculine singular of altus

References

  • “alte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “alte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • alte 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)
  • alte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
    • (ambiguous) what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
    • (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
  • alte in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Old High German

Adjective

alte

  1. strong masculine nominative/accusative plural of alt

Romanian

Pronunciation

Determiner

alte

  1. nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of alt
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