alta

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːltə/

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alta (uncountable)

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

• alta-male

• lata, LATA, tala, Taal, Lata

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

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• IPA^(key): /alta/, [al̪.t̪a]

alta

1. however

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈal.ta]

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

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.

• donar d'alta

• “alta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Spanish alta.

alta

1. hospital discharge

alta

1. now

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

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

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

• malalta

• 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)”)

• altitudo (“altitude”)

The ablative singular of the stem ala-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧ta

alta [with genitive and／or possessive form]

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath

   Synonym: alapuolelta

   Antonyms: päältä, yläpuolelta, yltä

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

Personal/possessive forms of alta
no possessor	alta
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	altani	altamme
2nd person	altasi	altanne
3rd person	altaan altansa

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

• “alta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

• -ltaa, alat, lata

See alto

• IPA^(key): [ˈaltɐ]

alta f (plural altas)

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

   Antonym: baixa

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baixa

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.

alta

1. high
2. tall

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə/

alta m pl

1. vocative plural of alt

alta m sg

1. genitive singular of altadh

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

alta

1. past participle of alt

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

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

• lata

Perso-Arabic		اَلتا

From Proto-Turkic *altï.

• (Mansûrâbâdî) IPA^(key): [ɑltɒ], [ɒltɒ]
• (Talxâbî, Xaltâbâdî) IPA^(key): [ɒltɒ]
• (Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [alta]

alta

1. six

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

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

1. high

alta

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

altā

1. ablative feminine singular of altus

• 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)

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

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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.

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

alta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of altul

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/ [ˈal̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

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

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like alta take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el alta. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al alta, del alta.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un alta or una alta. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor alta, una buena alta.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el alta única, un(a) alta buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

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

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

• “alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Early borrowing from Spanish altar. Doublet of altar.

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

altá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. altar (a table used for religious rites)

   Synonyms: dalanginan, dambana, altar

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

• Taal, tala, alat, taal, lata

From English altar.

alta

1. altar

alta

1. dative singular of alt