English

Noun

Alt ‎(plural Alts)

1. A modifier key.

Anagrams

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalt/

Etymology 1

From Italian alto.

Noun

Alt m ‎(genitive Alts or Altes, no plural)

1. alto (musical voice; person or instrument that performs the alto part)

Etymology 2

From alt ‎(“old”)

Noun

Alt n ‎(genitive Alts, plural Alt)

1. A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland region.

Synonyms

• Altbier

English

Abbreviation

alt

1. Abbreviation of alternative.
2. Abbreviation of altitude.
3. (knitting) Abbreviation of alternate.
4. (music) Abbreviation of alto.
   • 1762, George Colman, The Musical Lady:

     Sop[hy] Moderato! moderato! Madam. Your Ladyship's absolutely in alt. / L[ady] Scr[ape] In alt! Madam? / Sop[hy] Yes, in alt- Give me leave to tell your Ladyship, that you have raised your voice a full octave higher since you came into the room.

   • 1794, Mrs. Bennett (Agnes Maria), Ellen, Countess of Castle Howel: A Novel, volume 1:

     The duet was in alt; one stormed, the other half crying, half scolding, made up in volubility what her aunt possessed in authority, and it was not 'till Lady Meredith had twice raised her mild voice, either party could be silenced.

   • 1857, Anne Manning, Helen and Olga: a Russian tale, page 194:

     And he began, — "Poor insect! born to flutter and to die;" — falling into the second, directly Helen took the first, till he got down to such unreasonable bass that he suddenly gave a shriek in alt that made Olga stop her ears.

5. (by extension) A state of excitement, conveyed by a high-pitched voice.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, The History of Clarissa Harlowe: In a Series of Letters:

     I was, however, glad at my heart, that Mrs. Moore came up so seasonably with notice, that dinner was ready. The fair fugitive was all in alt. She had the game in her own hands; and by giving me so good an excuse for withdrawing, I had time to strengthen myself; the Captain had time to come; and the Lady to cool.

   • c. 1875, Charles James Lever, The Dodd Family Abroad:

     "Not," added she, as her eyes glittered with anger, and she sidled near the door for an exit—" not but, in the estimation of others, you may be quite an Adonis—a young gentleman of wit and fashion —a beau of the first water; I have no doubt Mary Jane thinks so— you old wretch!" This, in alt, and a bang of the door that brought down an oil picture that hung over it, closed the scene.

   • 1891, Douglas William Jerrold, Tales: now first collected, page 113:

     He had no wish to pry or listen; but if people would talk in alt, whilst he moved, like a mole, about his business, family matters would cleave the ear which, however it tried, could not be deaf.

   • 2011, Jo Beverly, The Marrying Maid, page 50:

     That lady was in alt at Loxsleigh's high station and had spent the morning making inquiries of her friends, which also allowed her to spread the word about her interesting new acquaintance.

Noun

alt ‎(plural alts)

1. (Internet, multi-user dungeon) One of a player's alternate or secondary characters.
   • 1996, "Jonobie D. Baker", Survey of MUSHers. (on newsgroup rec.games.mud.tiny)

     Of these alts, how many of them are a gender other than your own?

   • 2000, "KaVir", Code Bases - why release buggy crap? (on newsgroup alt.mud)

     Yes, I have many alts, and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.

Anagrams

• ATL, lat, Lat., LAT, LTA, Tal, TLA

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɫ/, /aɫt/
• Rhymes: -alt

Adjective

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

1. high

Related terms

• alçar

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old 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 et 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 alt 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.

Related terms

• Eldere

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aldaz.

Adjective

alt

1. old
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Alt. Senex.

Czech

Noun

alt m

1. alto

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑlt
• IPA^(key): /ɑlt/

Noun

alt m ‎(plural alten, diminutive altje n)

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

Usage notes

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

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

Antonyms

• bas

Related terms

• alçâ
• altece

Noun

alt m ‎(plural alts)

1. top, summit

German

Etymology

From Old High German alt, 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alt/, [ʔalt]

Adjective

alt ‎(comparative älter, superlative am ältesten)

1. old

   Wie alt bist du?‎

   How old are you?

Declension

Derived terms

• Alter m ‎(“old one; mate”), Alte f
• Alter n ‎(“age”)
• altern
• ältlich
• veralten

Related terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒlt]

Noun

alt ‎(plural altok)

1. alto (voice)

Declension

See also

• szoprán

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al̪ˠt̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

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 ailt, nominative plural ailt)

1. (anatomy, carpentry) joint; juncture
2. (anatomy) knuckle
3. knot (in wood)
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

Synonyms

• (knot): cranra, dual

Derived terms

• altach
• alt an chromáin m ‎(“hip joint”)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) articulate, joint

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowing 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

• “1 alt (‘joint, articulation’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 alt, allt (‘height, cliff’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "alt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Luxembourgish

Adverb

alt

1. sometimes

Norwegian Bokmål

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 alter, definite plural altene)

1. (music) alto; contralto

Etymology 3

Determiner

alt

1. neuter singular of all

Pronoun

alt

1. everything, all, anything

   alt kan skje‎ ― anything can happen

Derived terms

• altetende

References

• “alt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

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”). Compare Old Frisian ald, Old English eald, Old Saxon ald, Old High German alt.

Adjective

alt

1. old

Declension

Descendants

• Dutch: oud

Old High German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alt/

Adjective

alt

1. old

   mit thên altôn‎

   with the elders

Descendants

• German: alt
• Mòcheno: òlt

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin alter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alt/

Determiner

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

1. other

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

alt m ‎(genitive singular uilt, plural altan)

1. joint
2. (grammar) article

Derived terms

• alt cinnteach
• alt neo-chinnteach

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

alt m ‎(Cyrillic spelling алт)

1. (music) an alto

Related terms

• altovi

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aɫt]
• Hyphenation: alt

Noun

alt ‎(definite accusative altı, plural altlar)

1. bottom

Antonyms

• üst

Declension

Zipser German

Alternative forms

• olt
• out (Hopgarten)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old High German alt.

Adjective

alt

1. old