ala

See also: Variations of "ala"

ala - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈeɪ.lə/

Noun

ala (plural alae or alæ)

  1. (anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
  2. (botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
  3. (architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

Translations


Preposition

ala

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of a la.

Anagrams

ala - Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈala/, [ˈʔʌlʌ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

ála m (plural alluwwá f or alwá f)

  1. animal, wild animal
  2. European, white person

Declension

Declension of ála

Derived terms


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aˈla/, [ʔʌˈlʌ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

alá f (masculine rakúb, plural aloolí f)

  1. female camel

Declension

Declension of alá

Hypernyms

ala - Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈala/, [ˈa.la]

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

  1. wing
  2. fin

ala - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑˈɫɑ/

Adjective

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative ən ala)

  1. variegated
  2. (poetic) blue (of eyes)

Derived terms

Noun

ala (definite accusative alanı, plural alalar)

  1. vitiligo (the patchy loss of skin pigmentation.)

Declension

    Declension of ala
    Possessive forms of ala

Interjection

ala

  1. dude
    • Ala, nə eləyirsən?!Dude, what are you doing?!

ala - Baoule

Noun

ala

  1. iroko (Milicia excelsa, syn. Chlorophora excelsa)

ala - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ala/, [a.la]

Conjunction

ala

  1. or (exclusive)

Usage notes

The conjunction ala is an exclusive or, while edo is an inclusive or. For instance, while Sagarrak edo udareak nahi al dituzu? and Sagarrak ala udareak nahi dituzu? are both correct, the former asks in a yes or no question if you want apples, pears, apples and pears, or nothing; while the latter asks which one you want, the apples, or the pears.

ala - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈa.lə/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /ˈa.la/
  • Homophone: hala

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

  1. wing (appendage that enables flight)

Derived terms

ala - Chickasaw

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aˈla/

Verb

ala (active, short verb)

  1. (intransitive) to arrive, to come (I)
  2. (intransitive) to be born (I)
  3. (intransitive) to be here, to get here (I)
  4. (transitive) to come to, to arrive at (I;3)

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

ala - Estonian

Noun

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

  1. area, territory, region
    • Sellelt alalt on leitud palju rauda.A lot of iron has been found in this area.
  2. (in working life, in sciences) field
    • Ainuke ala, mis mind huvitab, on ajalugu.The only field which interests me is history.
  3. (business) branch

Declension

singular plural
nominative ala alad
accusative ala alad
genitive ala alade
partitive ala alu alasid
illative alla alasse aladesse alusse
inessive alas alades alus
elative alast aladest alust
allative alale aladele alule
adessive alal aladel alul
ablative alalt aladelt alult
translative alaks aladeks aluks
terminative alani aladeni
essive alana aladena
abessive alata aladeta
comitative alaga aladega

ala - Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛaːla/
  • Homophones: æla, ælað

Verb

ala (third person singular past indicative ól, third person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

  1. (kvæði) to give birth to
  2. to foster
  3. to nourish
  4. to breed

Conjugation

Conjugation of ala (group v-58)

ala - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑlɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝]
  • Syllabification: a‧la

Noun

ala

  1. area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
  2. (in working life, in sciences) field, discipline
  3. industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
  4. (mathematics) area
  5. (archaic) underside

Declension

Inflection of ala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative ala alat
genitive alan alojen
partitive alaa aloja
illative alaan aloihin
Possessive forms of ala (type kala)

Derived terms

compounds

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɑlɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝(ʔ)]
  • Syllabification: a‧la

Verb

ala

  1. present active indicative connegative of alkaa
  2. second-person singular present imperative of alkaa
  3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of alkaa

ala - Galician

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing
    • Synonym: á

ala - Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.la/, [ˈɐlə]

Noun

ala

  1. way, path, road

Derived terms

ala - Hoyahoya

Noun

ala

  1. grandfather

ala - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaːla/

Verb

ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ól, third-person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

  1. (with accusative) to bear, give birth to
  2. (with accusative) to foster
  3. (with accusative) to feed, nourish

Conjugation

infinitive (nafnháttur) ala
supine (sagnbót) alið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) alandi
indicative (framsöguháttur) subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð) ég el við ölum present (nútíð) ég ali við ölum
þú elur þið alið þú alir þið alið
hann, hún, það elur þeir, þær, þau ala hann, hún, það ali þeir, þær, þau ali
past (þátíð) ég ól við ólum past (þátíð) ég æli við ælum
þú ólst þið óluð þú ælir þið æluð
hann, hún, það ól þeir, þær, þau ólu hann, hún, það æli þeir, þær, þau ælu
imperative (boðháttur) al (þú) alið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
aldu aliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
infinitive (nafnháttur) alast
supine (sagnbót) alist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) alandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative (framsöguháttur) subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð) ég elst við ölumst present (nútíð) ég alist við ölumst
þú elst þið alist þú alist þið alist
hann, hún, það elst þeir, þær, þau alast hann, hún, það alist þeir, þær, þau alist
past (þátíð) ég ólst við ólumst past (þátíð) ég ælist við ælumst
þú ólst þið ólust þú ælist þið ælust
hann, hún, það ólst þeir, þær, þau ólust hann, hún, það ælist þeir, þær, þau ælust
imperative (boðháttur) alst (þú) alist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
alstu alisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
strong declension (sterk beyging) singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn) feminine (kvenkyn) neuter (hvorugkyn) masculine (karlkyn) feminine (kvenkyn) neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall) alinn alin alið aldir aldar alin
accusative (þolfall) alinn alda alið alda aldar alin
dative (þágufall) öldum alinni öldu öldum öldum öldum
genitive (eignarfall) alins alinnar alins alinna alinna alinna
weak declension (veik beyging) singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine (karlkyn) feminine (kvenkyn) neuter (hvorugkyn) masculine (karlkyn) feminine (kvenkyn) neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall) aldi alda alda öldu öldu öldu
accusative (þolfall) alda öldu alda öldu öldu öldu
dative (þágufall) alda öldu alda öldu öldu öldu
genitive (eignarfall) alda öldu alda öldu öldu öldu

Derived terms

  • ala aldur sinn (“to live one's life”)
  • ala á (“to harp on”)
  • ala upp
  • ala önn fyrir (“to take care of somebody”)
  • alast

Noun

ala

  1. indefinite genitive plural of alur

ala - Igala

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /á.lá/

Noun

álá

  1. sheep
  2. (idiomatic, offensive) idiot, stupid person

Derived terms

ala - Igbo

Alternative forms

  • ànị̀ (Onicha)

Noun

ala

  1. earth, land, soil, ground.

Derived terms

  • Ọmenala

ala - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈala]
  • Hyphenation: ala

Preposition

ala

  1. (colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.

Preposition

ala

  1. on, over.

Noun

ala (first-person possessive alaku, second-person possessive alamu, third-person possessive alanya)

  1. (law) land with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.

Adjective

ala

  1. high.

ala - Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈalˠə/

Noun

ala

  1. Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below

Derived terms

  • ar ala na huaire (“on the spur of the moment; within a second”)
  • gach ala (“every now and then”)

ala - Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.la/
  • Hyphenation: à‧la

Noun

ala f (plural ali or (archaic or poetic) ale)

  1. wing
    • Synonym: alia (archaic, slang)

Verb

ala

  1. inflection of alare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

ala - Jarai

Noun

ala (classifier drơi)

  1. snake

ala - Javanese

Adjective

ala

  1. bad
  2. ugly

ala - Kapampangan

Alternative forms

  • la (text messaging)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la
  • IPA: /əˈlaʔ/, [əˈläʔ]

Pronoun

alâ

  1. nothing; no one; none; nonexistent

Adjective

alâ

  1. missing; absent; gone; lost
  2. (euphemistic) dead

ala - Ladin

Contraction

ala

  1. at or to the (+ feminine singular noun)

ala - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ˈaː.la/, [ˈäːɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.la/, [ˈäːlä]

Noun

āla f (genitive ālae); first declension

  1. A wing.
  2. (anatomy) The upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit.
  3. (zoology) The hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder blade.
  4. (botany) The hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree.
  5. (architecture) The wings off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, waiting areas, the collonades.
  6. (military) The wing of an army, cavalry force (usually deployed on an army's flank).

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative āla ālae
Genitive ālae ālārum
Dative ālae ālīs
Accusative ālam ālās
Ablative ālā ālīs
Vocative āla ālae

Derived terms

Descendants

ala - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ala]

Noun

ala f (4th declension)

  1. cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
    • klinšu alasrock caves
    • pazemes alasubterranean cave
    • alu labirinticave labyrinths
    • alu cilvēkscaveman
    • alu zīmējumicave drawings, paintings
    • Abhāzijā atrodas ala, kuras labirinti ir vairāk nekā trīs kilometrus gariin Abkhazia there is a cave with labyrinths longer than three kilometers
  2. burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
    • peles, lapsas alasmice, fox holes
    • āpšu, trušu alasbadger, rabbit holes, burrows
    • rakt aluto dig a hole, burrow
    • nekā sevišķa tur neredzēja, izņemot nelielu caurumu zemē... likās tā kā kurmja alathere was nothing special to see there, except a small whole on the ground... it seemed to be a molehill (lit. hole)

Declension

singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ala alas
accusative (akuzatīvs) alu alas
genitive (ģenitīvs) alas alu
dative (datīvs) alai alām
instrumental (instrumentālis) alu alām
locative (lokatīvs) alā alās
vocative (vokatīvs) ala alas

Derived terms

ala - Laz

Conjunction

ala

  1. Latin spelling of ალა (ala)

ala - Malagasy

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.la/, [ˈa.lə̥]

Noun

ala

  1. forest

Adverb

ala

  1. without; freed from; removed from

ala - Malay

Preposition

ala (Jawi spelling الا or على)

  1. like
  2. according to
  3. on

ala - Mirandese

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing
  2. (nautical) sail

ala - North Wahgi

Noun

ala

  1. mistake

ala - Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑːˈlɑː/

Noun

ala m (Arabic spelling ئالا)

  1. Alternative form of al (flag, banner)

Declension

Definite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative ala ala
Construct alayê alayên
Oblique ala alayan
Demonstrative oblique ala wan alayan
Vocative alayo alayino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case Singular Plural
Nominative alayek alayin
Construct alayekî alayine
Oblique alayekî alayinan

ala - Northern Ndebele

Verb

-ála

  1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

ala - Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈala/

Adverb

ala

  1. over
  2. on, on top

Derived terms

  • alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš (self))

Postposition

ala

  1. over
  2. on, onto, on top of

ala - Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Verb

ala (present tense aler or el, past tense alte or ol, past participle alt or ale, present participle alande, imperative al)

  1. to foster

Noun

ala

  1. definite plural of al

ala - Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [alo̞]

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing

ala - Old High German

Noun

āla f

  1. awl

Descendants

ala - Old Norse

Verb

ala (singular present indicative elr, singular past indicative ól, plural past indicative ólu, past participle alinn)

  1. to produce
  2. to testify
  3. to breed
  4. to nourish

Conjugation

infinitive ala
present participle alandi
past participle alinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular el ól
2nd-person singular elr ólt
3rd-person singular elr ól
1st-person plural ǫlum ólum
2nd-person plural alið óluð
3rd-person plural ala ólu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ala ǿla
2nd-person singular alir ǿlir
3rd-person singular ali ǿli
1st-person plural alim ǿlim
2nd-person plural alið ǿlið
3rd-person plural ali ǿli
imperative present
2nd-person singular al
1st-person plural ǫlum
2nd-person plural alið
infinitive alask
present participle alandisk
past participle alizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular ǫlumk ólumk
2nd-person singular elsk ólzk
3rd-person singular elsk ólsk
1st-person plural ǫlumsk ólumsk
2nd-person plural alizk óluzk
3rd-person plural alask ólusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular ǫlumk ǿlumk
2nd-person singular alisk ǿlisk
3rd-person singular alisk ǿlisk
1st-person plural alimsk ǿlimsk
2nd-person plural alizk ǿlizk
3rd-person plural alisk ǿlisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular alsk
1st-person plural ǫlumsk
2nd-person plural alizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ala
  • Faroese: ala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ala
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ale
  • Old Swedish: ala
  • Old Danish: alæ
  • Old Gutnish: ala

Noun

ala

  1. indefinite genitive plural of alr

ala - Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈala/

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing (limb)

Descendants

  • Ladino: ala (Latin spelling)
  • Spanish: ala

Contraction

ala (plural alas)

  1. (followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
  2. (followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the

ala - Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • hala (alternative spelling)

Noun

ala

  1. wing

ala - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.la/
  • Syllabification: a‧la
  • Homophone: Ala

Noun

ala f

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) ala (Roman allied military unit)

Declension

singular plural
nominative ala ale
genitive ali al
dative ali alom
accusative alę ale
instrumental alą alami
locative ali alach
vocative alo ale

ala - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. a flank
    1. (military) a flank unit
    2. (sports) wing (position on either side of the field)
  2. (chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)
  3. a row among a larger group of people or things
    1. (military) a rank or file of soldiers
    2. (Brazil) a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants
  4. (architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)
  5. (chess) each player’s half of the chessboard
  6. (dated) wing (part of an animal)

Noun

ala m or f by sense (plural alas)

  1. (sports) wing; winger (player in a wing position)
  2. (aviation) wingman (support pilot in a squadron)

Interjection

ala!

  1. out! (demanding that someone leave)

Verb

ala

  1. inflection of alar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

ala - Pukapukan

Noun

ala

  1. path, way, lane, track

Derived terms

  • alāmata
  • alāmatangi
  • alāvai
  • ngutuala

ala - Rade

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /alaa/, [ʔəlaa]

Noun

ala

  1. snake

ala - Romansch

Alternative forms

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) wing
  2. mouldboard

ala - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ǎla/

Adverb

àla (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла)

  1. (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
    • Ala je bilo lijepo!It sure was nice!
    • Ala lažeš!Oh, you're lying!

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ǎːla/

Adjective

ála or àla or ȁla (Cyrillic spelling а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла) (indeclinable)

  1. piebald, spotted

Alternative forms

Noun

ála or àla or ȁla f (Cyrillic spelling а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла)

  1. dragon, type of mythical creature similar to dragon

ala - Sicilian

Noun

ala f (plural ali)

  1. wing

ala - Southern Ndebele

Verb

-ála

  1. to refuse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

ala - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
  • Syllabification: a‧la
  • Homophone: hala

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing (of bird)
  2. wing (of aircraft)
  3. brim (of hat)
  4. (military) flank (of a formation)
  5. (sports) wing (part of the field)
  6. (in the plural) flip, wings (hairstyle)

Noun

ala m or f by sense (plural alas)

  1. (sports) winger

Usage notes

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    • el ala, un ala
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Derived terms


Interjection

ala

  1. Alternative spelling of hala

ala - Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

ala

  1. everything

ala - Swahili

Noun

ala (n class, plural ala)

  1. tool, instrument
  2. sheath, scabbard

ala - Swazi

Verb

-ála

  1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

ala - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la
  • IPA: /ʔaˈla/, [ʔɐˈla]

Interjection

alá

  1. (dialectal) expressing negation or disapproval, or sometimes agreement, depending on the tenor of expression

Derived terms

  • ala ahoy
  • ala e
  • ala naman

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la
  • IPA: /ˈʔala/, [ˈʔa.lɐ]

Noun

ala

  1. (uncommon) wing
  2. (architecture) extension of building sideways

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la
  • IPA: /ʔaˈlaʔ/, [ʔɐˈlaʔ]

Pronoun

alâ

  1. Alternative form of wala

Adjective

alâ

  1. Alternative form of wala

ala - Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈa.la/
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

ala

  1. path, road
  2. reason, cause
  3. method, way
  4. transport
  5. working section of a mat
  6. (euphemistic) rectum

Verb

ala

  1. (transitive) to result from

Derived terms


Verb

ala (plural feala)

  1. (stative) to be awake
  2. (stative) to be accurate
  3. (stative) to be sharp
  4. (stative, of watercraft) to be close to the wind

ala - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑˈɫɑ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

Adjective

ala

  1. multicolored, pied, variegated
  2. Clipping of alabalık (trout).

Derived terms

ala - Uneapa

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ala/

Verb

ala

  1. to know

ala - Veps

Verb

ala

  1. second-person singular imperative of ei
  2. do not

ala - Xhosa

Verb

-âla

  1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

ala - Yámana

Verb

ala

  1. drink

ala - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /à.là/

Noun

àlà

  1. purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbàtálá

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /à.lá/

Noun

àlá

  1. dream, vision

Derived terms

Lua error: not enough memory. See Lua memory errors for more information.

ala - Zulu

Verb

Lua error: not enough memory. See Lua memory errors for more information.

  1. to deny, refuse, decline
  2. to forbid
  3. to reject
  4. to refuse give Lua error: not enough memory. See Lua memory errors for more information.
  5. to hate, detest

Inflection

Tone HH
Infinitive ukwala

Derived terms

Lua error: not enough memory. See Lua memory errors for more information.

Meaning and Definition of ala
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