alte
Eastern Arrernte
Noun
alte
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
- 2020. Eastern and Central Arrernte Learners' List, compiled by Veronica Perrule Dobson and John Henderson. Alice Springs, NT.
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adverb
alte
- high
- Alte levu la manon.
- Raise your hand high.
- Nuboj ŝvebis alte super la urbo.
- Clouds floated high above the city.
- Vi tro alte pendigis la bildon.
- You hung the picture too high.
- highly
- alte estimata
- highly esteemed
- alte evoluinta civilizo
- a highly evolved civilization
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [altə]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -altə
Adjective
alte
- inflection of alt:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Interlingua
Adjective
alte (comparative plus alte, superlative le plus alte)
Antonyms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈal.te/
- Rhymes: -alte
- Hyphenation: àl‧te
Adjective
alte f pl
- feminine plural of alto
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From altus (“high, deep”) + -ē.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.teː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̪.t̪e]
Adverb
altē (comparative altius, superlative altissimē)
- high, on high; from on high; from above
- deep; deeply
- Synonym: penitus
- profoundly; from afar
Etymology 2
Inflected form of altus (“high, deep”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̪.t̪e]
Adjective
alte
- vocative masculine singular of altus
Etymology 3
Inflected form of altus (“nourished, supplied”), perfect passive participle of alō (“foster, feed, develop”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal̪.t̪e]
Participle
alte
- vocative masculine singular of altus
References
- “alte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "alte", 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)
- alte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- (ambiguous) what he said made a deep impression on..: hoc verbum alte descendit in pectus alicuius
- (ambiguous) to go a long way back (in narrative): longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)
- (ambiguous) to study the commonplace: cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
- alte in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Old High German
Adjective
alte
- strong masculine nominative/accusative plural of alt
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈal.te]
Determiner
alte
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of alt