alle
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
alle
- attributive form of al
Danish
Etymology 1
See al (“all”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alə/, [ˈælə]
Pronoun
alle
- plural of al
Etymology 2
See allé (“avenue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleː/, [æˈleːˀ]
Noun
alle c
- alternative spelling of allé
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch alle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: al‧le
Determiner
alle
- inflection of al:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Pronoun
alle (personal plural allen)
- all (every individual of the given class)
Derived terms
Estonian
Noun
alle
Finnish
Etymology
The allative singular of the stem ala-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlːeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑlːe
- Syllabification(key): al‧le
- Hyphenation(key): al‧le
Preposition
alle
- under, less than (+ number)
- Antonym: yli
- Auto maksoi alle 200 000 [kaksisataa tuhatta] euroa.
- The car cost less than 200,000 euros.
Postposition
alle [with genitive and/or possessive form]
- (to) under, underneath, below, beneath (when something moves under something else)
- Synonym: alapuolelle
- Antonyms: päälle, ylle, yläpuolelle
- Pallo meni pöydän alle. ― The ball went under the table.
Inflection
Declension of ala-
|
Personal/possessive forms of alle | ||
---|---|---|
no possessor | alle | |
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | alleni | allemme |
2nd person | allesi | allenne |
3rd person | alleen allensa |
Derived terms
Related terms
- See the inflection table above.
Further reading
- “alle”, 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 2 July 2023
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Pronoun
alle f
- (North America) she (third-person singular feminine)
- Synonym: elle
References
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalə/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -alə
Pronoun
alle
- inflection of all (“all”):
- nominative/accusative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural
- 1981, “Alle gegen Alle”, in Alles ist gut, performed by D.A.F.:
- Links den roten Blitz / Rechts den schwarzen Stern / Alle gegen alle
- On the left the red lightning / On the right the black star / All against everyone
Determiner
alle
- inflection of all (“all”):
- nominative/accusative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural
Adjective
alle (indeclinable, predicative only)
Ingrian
↗︎○ | allative | alle |
---|---|---|
○ | adessive | al |
○↘︎ | ablative | alt |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *alëk. Cognates include Finnish alle and Veps alle.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːe/, [ˈɑɫː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːe/, [ˈɑɫːe̞]
- (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑlːek/, [ˈɑɫːe̞ɡ̊]
- Rhymes: -ɑlː, -ɑlːe
- Hyphenation: al‧le
- Homophone: al
Adverb
alle
- (of motion) under, underneath
Postposition
alle (+ genitive)
- (of motion) under, underneath
- 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136:
- Kissa mäni aitan alle.
- The cat went underneath the storehouse.
Antonyms
- päälle (“onto”)
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 13
- Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 19
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[4], →ISBN, page 70
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.le/
- Rhymes: -alle
- Hyphenation: àl‧le
Contraction
alle
Anagrams
Lule Sami
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *ëlē, from Proto-Uralic *wülä.
Adverb
alle
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
alˈle
- second-person dual imperative of ij
Makasar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈalːɛ]
Verb
alle (Lontara spelling ᨕᨒᨙ, semi-transitive anngalle)
- (transitive) to take
Middle Dutch
Determiner
alle
- inflection of al:
- feminine nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Middle English
Adjective
alle
- plural of all
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
- And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
- And with all these men I was often familiar and I communed with them a long and profitable time, and so before all other men I chose willfully to be informed by them and of them, and especially of Wycliffe himself, as of the most virtuous and godly wise man that I heard of anywhere or knew.
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Determiner
alle
- plural of all
Pronoun
alle (genitive alles)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²al.lə/, /²aʎ.ʎə/
- IPA(key): /²ad.lə/ (Dialectal. Eye dialect spelling is adle)
- IPA(key): /aʎː/ (Dialectal apocope and palatalization. Eye dialect spelling is aill or aillj. Homophone with all)
Adjective
alle
- plural of all
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈleː/
Noun
alle m (definite singular alleen, indefinite plural allear, definite plural alleane)
- alternative spelling of allé
References
- “alle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Nyunga
Alternative forms
Preposition
alle
- that
- Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
- alle werra (that is no good)
- Papers of Daisy Bates, National Library of Australia, MS 365, Section XII, Language: Grammar And Vocabularies, Part 2. B. 3. (a), Southwestern District, Jakbum & Wabbinyet of Albany:
References
- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Swedish
Pronoun
alle
- (dated) a 19th century (-e/-a ending) form of alla
- alle man till pumparna
- all men to the pumps
- alle man till pumparna
Anagrams
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish alle.
Postposition
alle
- under, underneath (movement to)