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4-letter words (2 found)

ALUS,SAUL,

3-letter words (5 found)

ALS,ALU,LAS,SAL,SAU,

2-letter words (4 found)

AL,AS,LA,US,

You can make 11 words from alus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of alus

alus laus auls uals luas ulas alsu lasu aslu salu lsau slau ausl uasl asul saul usal sual lusa ulsa lsua slua usla sula

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Definitions and meaning of alus

alus

Noun

alus

  1. plural of alu

Anagrams

  • Auls, Luas, Saul, ULAS, ULAs, auls, saul

Balinese

Romanization

alus

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬮᬸᬲ᭄

Estonian

Etymology

From ala- +‎ -us.

Noun

alus (genitive aluse, partitive alust)

  1. base, bottom (something on which an object stands or is attached to)
    Samba alus on graniidist. ― The base of the statue is made of granite.
  2. foundation, base, fundamental (in an abstract sense)
    Programmeerimise alused. ― Fundamentals of programming.
  3. watercraft, vessel
  4. (grammar) subject
  5. (chemistry) base
    Tugevaid aluseid nimetatakse leelisteks. ― Strong bases are called alkali.

Declension

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alus. Equivalent to ala- (“under”) +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑ̝lus̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlus
  • Syllabification(key): a‧lus

Noun

alus

  2. (in compounds) underlay, base, under- (anything underlaid)
    Synonyms: alunen, alusta, (dialectal) alu-
    Antonyms: päällys, (dialectal) pääly-
    aluskerros ― underlayer
    alushousut ― underpants
    aluspatja ― bed base (literally, “undermattress”)
  3. the space under(neath) something
  4. vessel, craft, ship (vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
    Synonym: laiva (“ship”)
  5. (grammar, dated) subject
    Synonyms: subjekti, tekijä

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “alus”, 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 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • lasu, lusa, sula

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From ala- (“under-”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish alus and Estonian alus.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlus
  • Hyphenation: a‧lus

Noun

alus

  1. vessel, ship
  2. lining (of a garment)
  3. bedding (base on which one sleeps)
Declension
Synonyms
  • (ship): laiva, soimi
  • (bedding): tila
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑlusːɑ/, [ˈɑɫus̠ː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑlus/, [ˈɑɫuʒ̥]
  • (Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈɑluːs/, [ˈɑɫːuːʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlusː, -ɑlus
  • Hyphenation: a‧lus

Noun

alus

  1. inessive singular of alku

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 14
  • Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“bitter”). A minority view considers the Latvian and Lithuanian terms to be ultimately borrowings from Germanic, via Old Prussian. Cognates include Lithuanian alùs, Old Prussian alu (“honey drink”), Old East Slavic олъ (olŭ, “strong drink”), Bulgarian олови́на (olovína, “beer yeast”), Slovene ôl (“beer”)|ol, Old English ealu, alu, English ale, Old Norse ǫl (“beer; feast”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alus]

Noun

alus m (3rd declension)

  1. beer (alcoholic beverage usually made with barley malt and hops)
    gaišais alus ― lager (literally, “light beer”)
    tumšais alus ― dark beer
    mājas alus ― home beer
    amatnieku alus ― craft beer
    medalus ― honey beer
    alus muca ― beer barrel, keg
    alus kauss ― beer mug
    alus darītava ― brewery (literally, “beer making place”)
    alus rūpniecība ― beer industry
    darīt, vārīt alu ― to make (literally, “to do”), to brew (literally, “to boil”) beer

Declension

Derived terms

  • alus darītava

References

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Cognate with Latvian alus (“beer”), Old Prussian alu (“beer”), and Proto-Slavic *ȍlъ (“beer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈlʊs]

Noun

alùs m (plural ãlūs) stress pattern 4

  1. beer

Declension

References

Further reading

  • “alus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “alus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay halus or Javanese ꦲꦭꦸꦱ꧀ (alus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈa.lus]

Verb

alus

  1. (stative) to be smooth
  2. (stative) to be polite
  3. (stative) to be refined (culturally)

Conjugation

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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