alt
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forSouthern Altai . ( computing ) alternate keyFromLatin altus ( “ high ” ) .Doublet ofold alto
alt (uncountable
( music ) pitch ; especially, the octave above the top line of thetreble stave.[from 16th c.] 1762 George Colman ,The Musical Lady :Sop[hy] Moderato! moderato! Madam. Your Ladyship's absolutely inalt . / L[ady] Scr[ape] Inalt ! Madam? / Sop[hy] Yes, inalt - Give me leave to tell your Ladyship, that you have raised your voice a full octave higher since you came into the room.
1794 Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel: A Novel , volume 1:The duet was inalt ; one stormed, the other half crying, half scolding, made up in volubility what her aunt possessed in authority, and it was not 'till Lady Meredith had twice raised her mild voice, either party could be silenced.
1857 Helen and Olga: a Russian tale , page194 :And he began, — "Poor insect! born to flutter and to die;" — falling into the second, directly Helen took the first, till he got down to such unreasonable bass that he suddenly gave a shriek inalt that made Olga stop her ears.
( now archaic ) [from 18th c.] 1748 Samuel Richardson ,The History of Clarissa Harlowe: In a Series of Letters :I was, however, glad at my heart, that Mrs. Moore came up so seasonably with notice, that dinner was ready. The fair fugitive was all inalt . She had the game in her own hands; and by giving me so good an excuse for withdrawing, I had time to strengthen myself; the Captain had time to come; and the Lady to cool.
c. 1875 Charles James Lever ,The Dodd Family Abroad :"Not," added she, as her eyes glittered with anger, and she sidled near the door for an exit—" not but, in the estimation of others, you may be quite an Adonis—a young gentleman of wit and fashion —a beau of the first water; I have no doubt Mary Jane thinks so— you old wretch!" This, inalt , and a bang of the door that brought down an oil picture that hung over it, closed the scene.
1891 Tales: now first collected , page113 :He had no wish to pry or listen; but if people would talk inalt , whilst he moved, like a mole, about his business, family matters would cleave the ear which, however it tried, could not be deaf.
2011 Jo Beverley , “The Marrying Maid”, inSongs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love [1] 50 :That lady was inalt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance.
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alt (notcomparable )
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2023 March 5, Miranda Sawyer, “Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’”, inThe Guardian [3] →ISSN Fearn is thoughtful and deeplyalt (“I’ve always been an oddball”), less demonstrative but more confident.
For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:alt . alt (plural alts
Clipping ofaltitude ( Internet slang , gaming ) alternate orsecondary character .1996 rec.games.mud.tiny Usenet ):Of thesealts , how many of them are a gender other than your own?
2000 alt.mud Usenet ):Yes, I have manyalts , and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.
( Internet slang ) alternate account .Hyponym: sock puppet You've been here four days and you already know about the incident from last year? You're such an obviousalt .
( finance ) alternative investment oralternative fund .liquidalts
( Internet slang , art ) alternate version of a piece of art, especially without much changes beyond a specific thing.Ellipsis ofalt text FromGerman Alt
alt (plural alts
Synonym ofaltbier .1999 The Complete Guide to Beer ,Barnes & Noble ,→ISBN 146 :Top-fermenting ales are still brewed, notably thealts of Düsseldorf and kölsches of Cologne.
2000 Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles ,Brewers Publications :On average, the mash temperatures used in the NHC second-roundalts and kölschs were higher, at 153 °F (67 °C) and 151 °F (66 °C) respectively.
2015 The Best Beer in the World: One Man’s Globe Search for the Perfect Pint , Dog ‘n’ Bone Books,→ISBN In the last two days I have drunk 10 different beers in each city and feel the Kölsches were within a narrower flavor profile, being relatively similar to each other, whereasAlts had more range of aroma and flavor.
2016 The 50 Greatest Beers of the World , Icon Books:Ale yeasts are often described as top fermenting, but top cropping would probably be a better description: the yeast ferments at all levels throughout the liquid, but once its work is done it collects at the top of the fermenting vessel (traditionally these vessels would have been open at the top). Family members include bitters, porters, stouts,alts and kölschs.
FromLatin alter alterum . CompareRomanian alt
alt m f alte m plural alts f plural alti
other alt (definite accusative altı plural altlar
lower part bottom alt (comparative daha altsuperlative ən alt
lower Antonym: üst Inherited fromLatin altus
alt (feminine alta masculine plural alts feminine plural altes
high Antonym: baix tall Antonym: baix “alt ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “alt ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “alt” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“alt” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.FromMiddle High German alt Old High German ald , northern variant ofalt alt andaal is due to the development-ald- →-āl- , which occurred only in open syllables.
alt (masculine aale feminine aal comparative aaler or ääler or älder superlative aalste or äälste or ältste
( most dialects ) old Vonaale Löck ka’ mer noch jet liehre. ―There’s something to be learnt fromold people. Dataal Huus möt mer ens renoviere. ―Thatold house should be renovated sometime. The commoner comparation forms were originallyaaler, et aalste . Today, those with umlaut are preferred due to influence of Germanälter am ältesten masculine neuter feminine plural positive predicative / adverbial alt common strong aale alt aal weak aal partitive aales — dative initial aalem aaler aale non-initial aale comparative predicative / adverbial ääler common strong äälere ääler weak partitive ääleres — dative initial äälerem äälerer äälere non-initial äälere superlative predicative / adverbial et äälste common strong äälste weak dative initial äälstem äälster äälste non-initial äälste Strong (indefinite) and weak (definite) forms are distinguished in the neuter common case. The partitive form follows certain indefinite pronouns likejet ( “ something ” ) . In the singular dative, there is a simpler distinction between “initial” and “non-initial” position, depending on whether the adjective is the first declined word of the noun phrase or not.
FromMiddle High German alt Old High German alt Proto-West Germanic *ald Proto-Germanic *aldaz German alt Dutch oud English old Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 ( alþeis ) .
alt (comparative éltor superlative daréltorste )
( most dialects ) old ,elderly analta brau ―anelderly lady analtar mann ―anold man analtes baip ―anelderly wife analtes ménle ―a littleold man alte lòiteelderly peopleDe belt istalt . ―The world isold . “alt” inMartalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974 ),Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini , 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013)Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter FromProto-Germanic *aldaz
alt
old alt m inan
alto Declension ofalt (hard masculine inanimate )
alt
neuter singular ofal alt
gold Borrowed fromGerman Alt Latin altus Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
alt m plural alten diminutive altje n
alto (musical part)alto (person or instrument)alt f plural alten diminutive altje n
a woman singing or playing the alto part The wordalt is feminine when it's used to indicate a woman singing or playing the alto part.
FromOld Norse allr
alt n masculine allur feminine øll
all alt
all FromLatin altus
alt
high Antonym: bas alt m plural alts
top ,summit FromMiddle High German alt Old High German alt Proto-West Germanic *ald Proto-Germanic *aldaz Proto-Indo-European *altós *h₂eltós *h₂el- ( “ grow, nourish ” ) . CompareDutch oud Low German old West Frisian âld English old Doublet ofAlt
alt (strong nominative masculine singular alter comparative älter superlative am ältesten
old Wiealt bist du? ―Howold are you? ancient elderly ( inflected in the comparative ) ältere Menschentheelderly (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
alt (countable anduncountable plural altok
contralto ( female singer or voice ) Coordinate terms: mezzoszoprán szoprán alto ( vocal section ) Coordinate terms: szoprán tenor basszus alt in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . alt in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .Spatial inflection ofalt ↗︎○ allative alle ○ adessive al ○↘︎ ablative alt
FromProto-Finnic *alta Finnish alta
alt
( of motion ) from underneath alt (+ genitive )
( of motion ) from under 1936 Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka [4] 136 :Kissa tuli aitanalt . The cat camefrom under the storehouse. V. I. Junus (1936 ),Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka [5] 136 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971 ),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page11 Arvo Laanest (1997 ),Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik , Eesti Keele Instituut, page19 Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014 ),Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку [6] →ISBN 14 Old Irish alt ( “ joint, articulation ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *ɸaltu- ( “ joint ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *pel- ( “ to fold ” ) .[ 2] Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 ( falþan “ to fold ” ) andAncient Greek πέπλος ( péplos ,“ woven cloth ” ) . The sense“ article ” is asemantic loan fromLatin articulus semantic loan fromAncient Greek ἄρθρον ( árthron ) .
alt m genitive singular ailt nominative plural ailt
( carpentry ) joint ;juncture ( anatomy ) joint ,knuckle knot ( in wood ) Synonyms: cranra dual hillock bit ( of land, tobacco, etc. ) stumpy personparagraph ;section ( of act, etc. ) ( grammar , parts of speech, publishing ) article ;clause 1899 Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect 8 tāalt m aurdōǵ ĺūntə. [Táalt m’ordóige leonta.] Thejoint/knuckle of my thumb is sprained. alt (present analytic altann future analytic altfaidh verbal noun altadh past participle alta
( transitive ) articulate ,joint verbal noun altadh past participle alta tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present altaim altann altair † altann altaimid altann altann altaid † aaltann altas n-altann altar past d'alt d'altas alt altas d'alt d'altais alt altais d'alt alt d'altamar d'alt altamar alt d'alt d'altabhair alt altabhair d'alt d'altadar alt altadar ad'alt alt altadh haltadh † past habitual d'altainn altainn n-altainn d'altá altá n-altá d'altadh altadh n-altadh d'altaimis d'altadh altaimis altadh n-altaimis n-altadh d'altadh altadh n-altadh d'altaidís d'altadh altaidís altadh n-altaidís n-altadh ad'altadh n-altadh d'altaí altaí n-altaí future altfaidh altfad altfaidh altfair † altfaidh altfaimid altfaidh altfaidh altfaidh altfaid † aaltfaidh altfas n-altfaidh altfar conditional d'altfainn altfainn n-altfainn d'altfá altfá n-altfá d'altfadh altfadh n-altfadh d'altfaimis d'altfadh altfaimis altfadh n-altfaimis n-altfadh d'altfadh altfadh n-altfadh d'altfaidís d'altfadh altfaidís altfadh n-altfaidís n-altfadh ad'altfadh n-altfadh d'altfaí altfaí n-altfaí subjunctive present gon-alta n-altad † gon-alta n-altair † gon-alta gon-altaimid n-alta gon-alta gon-alta n-altaid † — gon-altar past dán-altainn dán-altá dán-altadh dán-altaimis n-altadh dán-altadh dán-altaidís n-altadh — dán-altaí imperative – altaim alt altadh altaimis altaigí altaidh † altaidís — altar
* indirect relativeeclipsis (exceptan
Italian alto
alt m genitive singular ailt nominative plural ailt
( music ) alto
alt f genitive singular ailte nominative plural altanna [ 4]
alternative form ofailt ( “ steep-sided glen; ravine ” ) Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ),A Dialect of Donegal § 209 79 ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 alt (‘joint, articulation’) ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ↑3.0 3.1 “alt ”, inHistorical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 , Royal Irish Academy ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 alt, allt (‘height, cliff’) ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ), “alt ”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla page24 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ), “alt ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ), “alt ”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“alt ”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge,2013–2025 Borrowed fromGerman halt
alt
stop !FromProto-Turkic *ăl
alt (definite accusative altı plural altlar
under ,bottom underside Synonyms: asra ast Doerfer, Gerhard (1980 ),Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary Akin toItalian alto altus
alt
high alt
sometimes FromTurkish alt ( “ bottom; under ” ) .
alt ? Arabic spelling ئالت
only used inalt bûn ( “ to bebeaten ,defeated ” ) only used inalt kirin ( “ tobeat ,defeat ,subdue ” ) Chyet, Michael L. (2020 ), “alt’ ”, inFerhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press,page 7 FromLatin altus Italian alto German Alt
alt m definite singular alten indefinite plural alter definite plural altene
( music ) alto ;contralto alt
neuter singular ofall alt
everything ,all ,anything alt kan skjeanything can happen “alt” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .alt
already FromLatin altus Italian alto German Alt
alt m definite singular alten indefinite plural altar definite plural altane
( music ) alto ;contralto Inherited fromOld Norse allt Swedish allt
alt
neuter singular ofall alt
everything ,all ,anything alt kan skjeanything can happen “alt” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-Germanic *aldaz ( “ grown-up ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *altós *h₂eltós *h₂el- ( “ grow, nourish ” ) .
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old Declension ofalt
“alt ”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek ,2012 FromProto-West Germanic *ald Proto-Germanic *aldaz Old English ald Proto-Indo-European *altós *h₂eltós *h₂el- ( “ grow, nourish ” ) . CompareOld Frisian Old Saxon ald Old English eald ald Old Dutch alt
alt
old miti thênaltôn ―with theelders Strong declension ofalt singular masculine feminine neuter nominative altēr, alt altiu, alt altaȥ, alt accusative altan alta altaȥ, alt genitive altes altera altes dative altemu alteru altemu instrumental altu — altu plural masculine feminine neuter nominative alte, alt alto, alt altiu, alt accusative alte alto altiu, alt genitive altero altero altero dative altēm altēm altēm
Weak declension ofalt singular masculine feminine neuter nominative alto alta alta accusative alton altūn alta genitive alten altūn alten dative alten altūn alten plural masculine feminine neuter nominative alton altūn alton accusative alton altūn alton genitive altōno altōno altōno dative altōm altōm altōm
Declension of comparative ofalt singular masculine feminine neuter nominative altōro altōra altōra accusative altōron altōrūn altōra genitive altōren altōrūn altōren dative altōren altōrūn altōren plural masculine feminine neuter nominative altōron altōrūn altōron accusative altōron altōrūn altōron genitive altōrōno altōrōno altōrōno dative altōrōm altōrōm altōrōm
Strong declension of superlativealt singular masculine feminine neuter nominative altōstēr, altōst altōstiu, altōst altōstaȥ, altōst accusative altōstan altōsta altōstaȥ, altōst genitive altōstes altōstera altōstes dative altōstemu altōsteru altōstemu instrumental altōstu — altōstu plural masculine feminine neuter nominative altōste, altōst altōsto, altōst altōstiu, altōst accusative altōste altōsto altōstiu, altōst genitive altōstero altōstero altōstero dative altōstēm altōstēm altōstēm
Weak declension of superlativealt singular masculine feminine neuter nominative altōsto altōsta altōsta accusative altōston altōstūn altōsta genitive altōsten altōstūn altōsten dative altōsten altōstūn altōsten plural masculine feminine neuter nominative altōston altōstūn altōston accusative altōston altōstūn altōston genitive altōstōno altōstōno altōstōno dative altōstōm altōstōm altōstōm
Joseph Wright,An Old High German Primer ·alt
third-person singular preterite active conjunct ofailid singular preterite passive conjunct ofailid Mutation of·alt radical lenition nasalization ·alt ( pronounced with/h/ inh -prothesis environments ) ·alt ·n-alt
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
Pennsylvania German [ edit ] FromMiddle High German Old High German alt German alt Dutch oud English old
alt (comparative elder superlative eltscht
old Internationalism ; compareEnglish alto borrowed fromGerman Alt Italian alto [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
alt m inan
alto ( singing voice range ) [from 16th c.][ 3] matowyalt ―smokyalto głębokialt ―deepalto ciepłyalt ―warmalto ostryalt ―strikingalto niskialt ―lowalto śpiewaćaltem ―to sing in analto alto ( instrument within the alto range ) [from 20th c.] ( obsolete ) portion orsection of asong sung in analto [17th–20th c][ 4] [ 5] ( hunting , obsolete ) middle -pitched voice of ahunting dog ( instrument within the alto range ) [17th–19th c][ 6] alt m pers
alto ( person with an alto voice ) [from 20th c.][ 5] Synonyms: alcista altysta Borrowed fromEnglish alt
alt m inan
( technology ) alt alt key lewyalt ―leftalt key prawyalt ―rightalt key naciskać/nacisnąć/wciskać/wcisnąćalt ―to press thealt key Learned borrowing fromLatin altum [ 4] [ 4]
alt m inan
( Middle Polish ) enthusiasm ,gusto [ 4] Declension of-
singular plural nominative — — genitive — — dative — — accusative — — instrumental — altami locative — — vocative — —
^ Mirosław Bańko ; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021 ), “alt ”, inWielki słownik wyrazów obcych ,→ISBN ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000 ), “alt ”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language ↑3.0 3.1 Maria Renata Mayenowa ;Stanisław Rospond ;Witold Taszycki ;Stefan Hrabec ;Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023 ), “alt ”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish ↑4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (21.07.2011 ), “ALT ”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century ↑5.0 5.1 Witold Doroszewski , editor (1958–1969 ), “alt ”, inSłownik języka polskiego PWN ^ J. Karłowicz ,A. Kryński ,W. Niedźwiedzki , editors (1900 ), “alt ”, inSłownik języka polskiego 27 Inherited fromVulgar Latin *altru Latin alter, alterum Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros
alt m or n feminine singular altă masculine plural alți feminine and neuter plural alte
other ,another Alt can only be preposited and unarticulated. Instead of an articulated form,celălalt ( “ the other ” ) exists.
Altul ( “ another one ” ) superficially resembles the articulated adjective form, but is actually a self-standing pronoun.
The genitive and dative forms can also be formed like those of a regular adjective, using forms ofun unui alt ,unei alte ,unor alți ,unor alte .
Declension ofalt determiner declension, indefinite only singular plural masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine nominative- indefinite alt altă alți alte definite — — — — genitive- indefinite altui altei altor altor definite — — — —
FromOld Irish alt ( “ joint, articulation ” ) , fromProto-Celtic *ɸaltom ( “ joint ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *pel- ( “ to fold ” ) . Cognate withGothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 ( falþan “ to fold ” ) andAncient Greek πέπλος ( péplos ,“ woven cloth ” ) .
alt m genitive singular uilt plural altan
joint ( grammar ) article Borrowed fromItalian alto (canto )( literally“ high song ” ) .
alt m inan Cyrillic spelling алт
( music ) alto Inherited fromOttoman Turkish آلت ( alt ) .
IPA (key ) : /ɑɫt/ Hyphenation:alt alt (definite accusative altı plural altlar
bottom under FromMiddle High German Old High German alt
alt
old 
