Als in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Als

You can make 6 words from 'als' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'als'
• 2 letters words from 'als'

3 letters words from 'als'

ALS 3	LAS 3
SAL 3

2 letters words from 'als'

AL 2	AS 2
LA 2

Definitions and meaning of als

als

Etymology 1

Noun

als

1. plural of al

Etymology 2

Adverb

als (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of also.

Anagrams

• -sal, -sal-, ASL, LAs, LSA, SAL, SLA, Sal, a/s/l, asl, las, sal, sal-

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Catalan

Etymology

Contraction of a (“to, at”) els (“the (masculine plural)”)

Contraction

als

1. to the, at the, toward the (masculine plural)

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) âls

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *altos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el-. Cognate with Welsh allt, Breton aod, Irish alt, Latin altus, Old High German alt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒlz/, /ælz/

Noun

als f (plural alsyow)

1. (Standard Written Form) cliff

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• as {colloquial form in the Netherlands}

Etymology

From Middle Dutch alse, an unstressed form of also (modern alzo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ(l)s/, [ɑ(ɫ)s]
• Hyphenation: als
• Rhymes: -ɑls

Conjunction

als

1. (subordinating) if, when

   Synonym: indien

2. when, as soon as

   Synonym: wanneer

3. (Suriname) if, whether

   Synonym: of

Preposition

als

1. like, as [+nominative]

2. even ... als: as ... as [+nominative]

3. (nonstandard) than [+nominative]

Derived terms

• als ook
• evenals

Descendants

• Afrikaans: as, als
• Berbice Creole Dutch: asi
• Javindo: als
• Jersey Dutch: ās
• Negerhollands: a, es, as
• Petjo: als
• Skepi Creole Dutch: as

Anagrams

• la's, las, sla

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German

Etymology

From Old High German also, alsō (“as, like”). Compare English as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /als/, [als], [alts]
• Rhymes: -als, -alts
• Homophone: Alls

Conjunction

als

1. (subordinating, referring to time of occurence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as

2. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than

3. as; like; in the function of; in the form of

4. as if
5. (after negative pronoun) but, other than

Usage notes

• Als in the sense of “than” does not govern case. The case of the standard of comparison depends on its syntactic function:

Sie liebt das Kind mehr als ihr Mann. (nominative) — “She loves the child more than her husband does.”

Sie liebt das Kind mehr als ihren Mann. (accusative) — “She loves the child more than she loves her husband.”

• Als in the sense of “as, like” is claimed by some traditional grammars to require the nominative case: Er verkleidet sich als spanischer Stierkämpfer. (“He dresses himself up as a Spanish bullfighter.”) This may indeed be the most common usage in reflexive constructions, such as in the example given (although als spanischen Stierkämpfer is acceptable). The mechanical use of the nominative, however, is often ungrammatical by any standards of common usage: Sie kannte ihn schon als jungen Mann (“She knew him already as a young man”; the nominative als *junger Mann would be odd and indeed would suggest the meaning that she knew him when she was a young man). Thus, the same general rule applies as given above.

Further reading

• “als” in Duden online
• “als” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Gothic

Romanization

als

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐍃

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Icelandic

Noun

als

1. indefinite genitive singular of alur

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /als/, [ɑl(t)s]

Conjunction

als

1. as

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Occitan

Pronunciation

Contraction

als

1. Contraction of a los.

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɫs]

Alternative forms

• as
• aulx
• aus
• aux

Contraction

als

1. Contraction of a + les (to the)

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Swedish

Noun

als

1. indefinite genitive singular of al

Anagrams

• sal

Source: wiktionary.org

• AL, an East Indian tree.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)