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Definitions and meaning of alt

alt

Translingual

Symbol

alt

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Altai.
  2. (computing) alternate key

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːlt/, /ɒlt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑlt/, (altitude) /ælt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

Etymology 1

From Latin altus (“high”). Doublet of old and alto.

Noun

alt (uncountable)

  1. (music) Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now archaic) A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. [from 18th c.]

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Adjective

alt (not comparable)

  1. Clipping of alternate.
  2. Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.
    Synonym: alt- (prefix)
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alt.
Derived terms

Noun

alt (plural alts)

  1. Clipping of altitude.
  2. (Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary character.
  3. (Internet slang) An alternate account.
    Hyponym: sock puppet
  4. (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From German Alt.

Noun

alt (plural alts)

  1. Synonym of altbier.

Anagrams

  • ATL, Atl., LAT, LTA, Lat., TLA, Tal, lat, lat.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • altu

Etymology

From Latin alter, alterum. Compare Romanian alt.

Adjective

alt m (f alte, m plural alts, f plural alti)

  1. other

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑɫt]

Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)

  1. lower part
  2. bottom

Declension

Derived terms

  • altında (“under”)

Adjective

alt (comparative daha alt, superlative ən alt)

  1. lower
    Antonym: üst

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin altus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈalt]
  • Rhymes: -alt

Adjective

alt (feminine alta, masculine plural alts, feminine plural altes)

  1. high
    Antonym: baix
  2. tall
    Antonym: baix

Derived terms

Related terms

  • alçar
  • altitud

Further reading

  • “alt”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “alt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “alt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “alt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • aod, auw (Kirchröadsj)
  • oot (westernmost Ripuarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German alt, fromOld High German ald, northern variant of alt. The variation between the stems alt and aal is due to the development -ald- → -āl-, which occurred only in open syllables.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alt/

Adjective

alt (masculine aale, feminine aal, comparative aaler or ääler or älder, superlative aalste or äälste or ältste)

  1. (most dialects) old
    Von aale Löck ka’ mer noch jet liehre. ― There’s something to be learnt from old people.
    Dat aal Huus möt mer ens renoviere. ― That old house should be renovated sometime.

Usage notes

  • The commoner comparation forms were originally aaler, et aalste. Today, those with umlaut are preferred due to influence of German älter, am ältesten.

Inflection

Related terms

  • Eldere

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz. Cognate with German alt, Dutch oud, English old, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis).

Adjective

alt (comparative éltor, superlative dar éltorste)

  1. (most dialects) old, elderly
    an alta brau ― an elderly lady
    an altar mann ― an old man
    an altes baip ― an elderly wife
    an altes ménle ― a little old man
    alte lòite ― elderly people
    De belt ist alt. ― The world is old.

Declension

Derived terms

  • altekhot

Related terms

  • galtar

References

  • “alt” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aldaz.

Adjective

alt

  1. old

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈalt]

Noun

alt m inan

  1. alto

Declension

Danish

Pronoun

alt

  1. neuter singular of al

Daur

Noun

alt

  1. gold

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alt, ultimately from Latin altus. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑlt/
  • Hyphenation: alt
  • Rhymes: -ɑlt

Noun

alt m (plural alten, diminutive altje n)

  1. alto (musical part)
  2. alto (person or instrument)

Noun

alt f (plural alten, diminutive altje n)

  1. a woman singing or playing the alto part

Usage notes

The word alt is feminine when it's used to indicate a woman singing or playing the alto part.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • lat, tal

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse allr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [al̥t]

Pronoun

alt n (masculine allur, feminine øll)

  1. all

Declension

Adverb

alt

  1. all

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Adjective

alt

  1. high
    Antonym: bas

Related terms

  • alçâ
  • altece

Noun

alt m (plural alts)

  1. top, summit

German

Etymology

From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Dutch oud, Low German old, West Frisian âld, English old. Doublet of Alt, a loanword from Italian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alt/, [ʔalt], /ɑlt/

Adjective

alt (strong nominative masculine singular alter, comparative älter, superlative am ältesten)

  1. old
    Wie alt bist du? ― How old are you?
  2. ancient
  3. elderly (inflected in the comparative)
    ältere Menschen ― the elderly

Declension

Antonyms

  • jung

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • “alt” in Duden online
  • “alt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “alt” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒlt]
  • Rhymes: -ɒlt

Noun

alt (countable and uncountable, plural altok)

  1. contralto (female singer or voice)
    Coordinate terms: mezzoszoprán, szoprán
  2. alto (vocal section)
    Coordinate terms: szoprán, tenor, basszus

Declension

Further reading

  • alt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • alt in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alta. Cognates include Finnish alta.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑɫt]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlt/, [ˈɑɫd̥]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑlt/, [ˈɑɫd̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlt
  • Hyphenation: alt

Adverb

alt

  1. (of motion) from underneath

Postposition

alt (+ genitive)

  1. (of motion) from under

Antonyms

  • päält (“off”)

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎[5], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 11
  • 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[6], →ISBN, page 14

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (Etymologies 1 and 3): allt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish alt (“joint, articulation”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltu- (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan, “to fold”) and Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “woven cloth”). The sense ‘article’ is a semantic loan from Latin articulus, itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron).

Noun

alt m (genitive singular ailt, nominative plural ailt)

  1. (carpentry) joint; juncture
  2. (anatomy) joint, knuckle
  3. knot (in wood)
    Synonyms: cranra, dual
  4. hillock
  5. bit (of land, tobacco, etc.)
  6. stumpy person
  7. paragraph; section (of act, etc.)
  8. (grammar, parts of speech, publishing) article; clause
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

alt (present analytic altann, future analytic altfaidh, verbal noun altadh, past participle alta)

  1. (transitive) articulate, joint
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian alto.

Noun

alt m (genitive singular ailt, nominative plural ailt)

  1. (music) alto
Declension
Derived terms
  • altach

Etymology 3

Noun

alt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural altanna)

  1. alternative form of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)
Declension

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “alt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 24
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “alt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German halt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalt/
  • Rhymes: -alt
  • Hyphenation: àlt

Interjection

alt

  1. stop!

Khalaj

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ăl.

Pronunciation

  • (Kharrab) IPA(key): [a(ː)lt]

Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)

  1. under, bottom
  2. underside
    Synonyms: asra, ast

Declension

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian alto, from Latin altus.

Adjective

alt

  1. high

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑlt]

Adverb

alt

  1. sometimes

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish alt (“bottom; under”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːltʰ/, /ɑːlt/

Noun

alt ? (Arabic spelling ئالت)

  1. only used in alt bûn (“to be beaten, defeated”)
  2. only used in alt kirin (“to beat, defeat, subdue”)

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “alt’”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 7

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin altus, via Italian alto; compare with German Alt.

Noun

alt m (definite singular alten, indefinite plural alter, definite plural altene)

  1. (music) alto; contralto

Etymology 2

Determiner

alt

  1. neuter singular of all

Pronoun

alt

  1. everything, all, anything
    alt kan skje ― anything can happen

Derived terms

  • altetende
  • fremfor alt, framfor alt

References

  • “alt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑlt/
  • (neuter singular of all): IPA(key): /ɑɬc/ (Trøndelag dialect. Eye dialect spelling as ailltj or ailtj)

Etymology 1

Adverb

alt

  1. already

Etymology 2

From Latin altus, via Italian alto; compare with German Alt.

Noun

alt m (definite singular alten, indefinite plural altar, definite plural altane)

  1. (music) alto; contralto

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse allt. Compare to Swedish allt

Determiner

alt

  1. neuter singular of all

Pronoun

alt

  1. everything, all, anything
    alt kan skje ― anything can happen

References

  • “alt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).

Adjective

alt

  1. old

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: out
    • Dutch: oud, (obsolete) oudt
      • Afrikaans: ou, oud
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
      • Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
      • Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
      • West Flemish: elde
    • Limburgish: aad

Further reading

  • “alt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • ald — northern

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, whence also Old English ald. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Old Frisian and Old Saxon ald, Old English eald, ald and Old Dutch alt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alt/

Adjective

alt

  1. old
    miti thên altôn ― with the elders

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle High German: alt
    • Alemannic German: altu, oalt, oalt, olt, àltà (Italian Walser)
    • Bavarian: old
      Apeltonerisch: old
      Central Bavarian: oid /ɔed̥/
      Cimbrian: alt
      Mòcheno: òlt
      Northern Bavarian: old /ɔːld̥/
      Southern Bavarian: ålt /ɔltʰ/
      Udinese: olt, òlt
    • Central Franconian: alt
      Hunsrik: alt
      Kirchröadsj: aod, auw
      Luxembourgish: al
    • German: alt
    • Rhine Franconian: alt, all
      Frankfurterisch: [ɑːl], [aːl]
      Pennsylvania German: alt
    • Vilamovian: aołd
    • Yiddish: אַלט (alt)

References

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Irish

Verb

·alt

  1. third-person singular preterite active conjunct of ailid
  2. singular preterite passive conjunct of ailid

Mutation

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German alt. Compare German alt, Dutch oud, English old.

Adjective

alt (comparative elder, superlative eltscht)

  1. old

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalt/
  • Rhymes: -alt
  • Syllabification: alt

Etymology 1

Internationalism; compare English alto. Possibly borrowed from German Alt or Italian alto. First attested in 1586.

Noun

alt m inan

  1. alto (singing voice range) [from 16th c.]
    matowy alt ― smoky alto
    głęboki alt ― deep alto
    ciepły alt ― warm alto
    ostry alt ― striking alto
    niski alt ― low alto
    śpiewać altem ― to sing in an alto
  2. alto (instrument within the alto range) [from 20th c.]
  3. (obsolete) portion or section of a song sung in an alto [17th–20th c]
  4. (hunting, obsolete) middle-pitched voice of a hunting dog (instrument within the alto range) [17th–19th c]
Declension

Noun

alt m pers

  1. alto (person with an alto voice) [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: alcista, altysta
Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English alt, as found on keyboards. First attested in the late 20th century.

Noun

alt m inan

  1. (technology) alt, alt key
    lewy alt ― left alt key
    prawy alt ― right alt key
    naciskać/nacisnąć/wciskać/wcisnąć alt ― to press the alt key
Declension

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin altum. First attested in 1652.

Noun

alt m inan

  1. (Middle Polish) enthusiasm, gusto
Declension

References

Further reading

  • alt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “alt”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alt”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *altru, from Latin alter, alterum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalt/
  • Rhymes: -alt

Determiner

alt m or n (feminine singular altă, masculine plural alți, feminine and neuter plural alte)

  1. other, another

Usage notes

Alt can only be preposited and unarticulated. Instead of an articulated form, celălalt (“the other”) exists.

Altul (“another one”) superficially resembles the articulated adjective form, but is actually a self-standing pronoun.

The genitive and dative forms can also be formed like those of a regular adjective, using forms of un: unui alt, unei alte, unor alți, unor alte.

Declension

References

  • “alt”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish alt (“joint, articulation”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸaltom (“joint”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽 (falþan, “to fold”) and Ancient Greek πέπλος (péplos, “woven cloth”).

Noun

alt m (genitive singular uilt, plural altan)

  1. joint
  2. (grammar) article

Derived terms

  • alt-aiseig (“linkspan”)
  • alt cinnteach
  • alt neo-chinnteach

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian alto (canto), high (song).

Noun

alt m (Cyrillic spelling алт)

  1. (music) an alto

Related terms

  • altovi

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلت (alt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɫt/
  • Hyphenation: alt

Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)

  1. bottom
  2. under

Declension

Antonyms

  • üst

Derived terms

  • altında

Zipser German

Alternative forms

  • olt
  • out (Hopgarten)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German alt.

Adjective

alt

  1. old

Source: wiktionary.org