aleta

• IPA^(key): /aˈleta/, [aˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

aleta f (plural aletes)

1. fin

From ala +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈlɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈlə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈle.ta]
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

aleta f (plural aletes)

1. fin
2. (castells) Hand signal given by the enxaneta upon reaching the top of the castell, signifying its completion

• aleta dorsal

• “aleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “aleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

aleta

1. abessive singular of ale

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝le̞t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑletɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ale‧ta

From ala- +‎ -eta.

aleta

1. (intransitive) To descend, come/go down, move downwards.

• (to descend, come/go down, move downwards): viettää

• “aleta”, 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 2023-07-01

aleta

1. present passive indicative connegative of alkaa

• -eltaa, telaa

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• IPA^(key): /aˈleta/ [aˈle.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

aleta f (plural aletas)

1. fin

• “aleta”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognate with Finnish aleta.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞d̥ɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑk/, [ˈɑɫe̞d̥ɑɡ̊]
• Rhymes: -ɑlet, -ɑletɑ
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

aleta

1. (intransitive) to descend
2. (intransitive, of a voice) to be lowered
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Kuunnelkaa kuin alenoo ääni niis sanois kummat ollaa kirjutettu paksummiil bukviil.

     Listen how the voice is lowered in these words that are written in bold letters.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞t]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞d̥ɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑletɑ/, [ˈɑɫe̞d̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlet, -ɑletɑ
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧ta

aleta

1. impersonal present connegative of alkaa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 11

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aleta f (plural aletas)

1. fin

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 42.

ala +‎ -eta

aleta f (plural aletas)

1. diminutive of ala
2. vane (a surface radially mounted along an axis)
3. a small wing or wing-like structure, such as tailplanes, missile fins and fletchings
4. (anatomy) alar wall (cartilage on either side of the nose)

• “aleta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

From ala (“wing”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /aˈleta/ [aˈle.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: a‧le‧ta

aleta f (plural aletas)

1. fin
2. flipper
3. the leaf of a hinge
4. blade of a propeller

• “aleta”, 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

From ala- +‎ -eta.

aleta

1. to go down, to drop
2. to decrease, to decline

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “понижаться, снижаться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika