English

Noun

alga ‎(plural algae)

1. (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

Usage notes

• Algaes is a non-standard plural.

Hyponyms

• (photosynthetic aquatic organism): seaweed; green alga (Chlorophyta and Charophyta) and red alga (Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta) in Plantae); brown alga (Phaeophyceae) and yellow-green algae (Xanthophyceae), Haptophyta, and Cryptomonada in Chromista), and blue-green alga (Cyanobacteria)

Translations

Anagrams

• agal, gala

Galician

Noun

alga f ‎(plural algas)

1. alga

Derived terms

• alga parda
• alga verde
• alga vermella

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English alga.

Noun

alga m ‎(genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)

1. (biology) alga

Declension

Derived terms

• algach ‎(“algal”, adj)
• algeolaí m ‎(“algologist”)
• algeolaíocht f ‎(“algology”)

Mutation

References

• "alga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Noun

alga f ‎(plural alghe)

1. seaweed
2. alga

Anagrams

• gala

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- ‎(“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”). Cognate with Norwegian dialectal alka ‎(“to dirty, soil”), Norwegian ulk ‎(“frog, slime”), Low German ulk ‎(“frog”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɡa/, [ˈaɫ.ɡa]

Noun

alga f ‎(genitive algae); first declension

1. Seaweed; plants that grow in freshwater.
2. (figuratively) Something of little worth.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• algensis
• algōsus

Descendants

Lithuanian

Noun

algà f stress pattern 4

1. pay, salary

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin algam, accusative of alga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈal.ɡa]

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga, seaweed
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r.

     […] Et la ſu olor es como de alga marina. ¬ dend toma eſte nóbre

     […] Its smell is like that of seaweed, thus the name it has been given. 

Derived terms

• alguenno

Descendants

• Spanish: alga

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫɡɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈawɡa]
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [ˈaɻɡa]
• Rhymes: -awga

• Hyphenation: al‧ga

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

1. alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)

Derived terms

• algáceo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Noun

alga f ‎(Cyrillic spelling алга)

1. alga

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ɣa/

Noun

alga f ‎(plural algas)

1. alga

Derived terms

• algar
• algoso