alteia

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See also: altéia and altêia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈtɛj.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈtɛj.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈtej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈte.ɐ/

Hyphenation: al‧tei‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ-, suffixed form of *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Alternative forms

altéia (pre-1990 spelling)
altheia (obsolete)

Noun

alteia f (plural alteias)

althea (any plant of the genus Althea), especially the marshmallow

See also

malvaísco, malvavisco

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

altêia (obsolete)

Verb

alteia

inflection of altear:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronoun

alteia

genitive/dative feminine singular of altul

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