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
- IPA(key): /ˈalte/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -alte
- Hyphenation: al‧te
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
- 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 20:
- "Mi demandis," mi diris, "ĉar ne ŝajnas al mi ke vi tre alte taksas monon. Tiaj estas homoj kiuj ne perlaboris ĝin. La perlaborintoj amas ĝin duoble pli ol la aliaj. Same kiel poetoj amas siajn poemojn kaj patroj siajn infanojn, tiel la perlaborintoj amas riĉon ĉar ili kreis ĝin."
- "I asked," I said, "because it doesn't seem to me that you value money very highly. Such are people who do not earn it. The earners love it twice more than the others. In the same way poets love their poems and fathers their children, the earners love wealth in that way, because they created it."
German
Pronunciation
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
Middle English
Adjective
alte
- (Late Middle English) alternative form of halt
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