# alt
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɔːlt/, /ɒlt/
* (General American) IPA: /ɑlt/, (altitude) /ælt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːlt, -ɒlt

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

alt (uncountable)
* (music) Of a voice or instrument, high pitch; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave. [from 16th c.]
** 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.
* (now archaic) A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. [from 18th c.]
** 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 Beverley, “The Marrying Maid”, in Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love‎, 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.

### Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

#### Adjective

alt (not comparable)
* Clipping of alternate.
** 2021, Rhian Jones, Lucy Heyman, Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music‎, Shoreditch Press, →ISBN:[…] Adele, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Frank Ocean, Drake, and Ed Sheeran are among many artists who don't appear to spend a lot of time online (or if they do, it's using alt accounts).
* Clipping of alternative, especially as a cultural phenomenon seen as being outside the mainstream of its genre.
    alt-rock
    alt-right
    alt medicine
** 2023 March 5, Miranda Sawyer, “Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:Fearn is thoughtful and deeply alt (“I’ve always been an oddball”), less demonstrative but more confident.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:alt.

##### Derived terms

* alt-center
* altcoin
* alt-country
* alt fashion
* altfic
* alt-girl
* althist
* althistory
* altie
* alt-left
* alt-light
* alt-lit
* alt-metal
* alt-monthly
* alt-pop
* alt-right
* alt-rock
* alt-tech
* alt text
* alt-weekly

#### Noun

alt (plural alts)
* Clipping of altitude.
* (Internet slang, gaming) An alternate or secondary character.
** 1996, Jonobie D. Baker, “Survey of MUSHers.”, in rec.games.mud.tiny (Usenet):Of these alts, how many of them are a gender other than your own?
** 2000, KaVir, “Code Bases - why release buggy crap?”, in alt.mud (Usenet):Yes, I have many alts, and no, none of the others have any unusual capitalisation.
* (Internet slang) An alternate account.
    Hyponym: sock puppet
    You've been here four days and you already know about the incident from last year? You're such an obvious alt.
* (finance) An alternative investment or alternative fund.
    liquid alts

##### Derived terms

* altazimuth

### Etymology 3

From German Alt.

#### Noun

alt (plural alts)
* Synonym of altbier
** 1999, Brian Glover, The Complete Guide to Beer, Barnes & Noble, →ISBN, page 146:Top-fermenting ales are still brewed, notably the alts of Düsseldorf and kölsches of Cologne.
** 2000, Ray Daniels, Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles, Brewers Publications:On average, the mash temperatures used in the NHC second-round alts and kölschs were higher, at 153 °F (67 °C) and 151 °F (66 °C) respectively.
** 2015, Mark Dredge, The Best Beer in the World: One Man’s Globe Search for the Perfect Pint, Dog ‘n’ Bone Books, →ISBN:In the last two days I have drunk 10 different beers in each city and feel the Kölsches were within a narrower flavor profile, being relatively similar to each other, whereas Alts had more range of aroma and flavor.
** 2016, Tim Hampson, The 50 Greatest Beers of the World, Icon Books:Ale yeasts are often described as top fermenting, but top cropping would probably be a better description: the yeast ferments at all levels throughout the liquid, but once its work is done it collects at the top of the fermenting vessel (traditionally these vessels would have been open at the top). Family members include bitters, porters, stouts, alts and kölschs.

### 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)
* other

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑɫt]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
* lower part
* bottom

#### Derived terms

* altında (“under”)

### Adjective

alt (comparative daha alt, superlative ən alt)
* lower
    Antonym: üst

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin altus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈal]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈalt]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alt

### Adjective

alt (feminine alta, masculine plural alts, feminine plural altes)
* high
    Antonym: baix
* tall
    Antonym: baix

#### Derived terms

* alt alemany
* Alt Empordà
* alta cuina
* altament
* altària
* altesa
* daltabaix
* pel cap alt

#### Related terms

* alçar
* altitud

### Further reading

* “alt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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: /alt/

### Adjective

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

#### 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)
* (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.

#### 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
* old
** 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor:Alt. Senex.Old. Old.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalt]

### Noun

alt m inan
* alto

#### Declension
## Danish
### Pronoun

alt
* neuter singular of al

## Daur
### Noun

alt
* 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: /ɑlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: alt
* Rhymes: -ɑlt

### Noun

alt m (plural alten, diminutive altje n)
* alto (musical part)
* alto (person or instrument)

### Noun

alt f (plural alten, diminutive altje n)
* 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

* altsleutel
* altstem
* altviool

### Anagrams

* lat, tal

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse allr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [al̥t]

### Pronoun

alt n (masculine allur, feminine øll)
* all

#### Declension
### Adverb

alt
* all

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin altus.

### Adjective

alt
* high
    Antonym: bas

#### Related terms

* alçâ
* altece

### Noun

alt m (plural alts)
* 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: /alt/, [ʔalt]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

alt (strong nominative masculine singular alter, comparative älter, superlative am ältesten)
* old
    Wie alt bist du? ― How old are you?
* ancient
* elderly (inflected in the comparative)
    ältere Menschen ― the elderly

#### Antonyms

* jung

#### Derived terms

* a. St.
* Alter m (“old one; mate”), Alte f
* Alter n (“age”)
* altern
* ältlich
* veralten

#### Related terms

* Älteste
* Ältester
* Eltern

#### See also

* abgenutzt
* betagt
* erfahren
* früher
* gewitzigt
* gewitzt, gewitz (literally “wits, wisdom”)
* vergangen
* verkalkt

### 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: [ˈɒlt]
* Rhymes: -ɒlt

### Noun

alt (countable and uncountable, plural altok)
* contralto (female singer or voice)
    Coordinate terms: mezzoszoprán, szoprán
* alto (vocal section)
    Coordinate terms: szoprán, tenor, basszus

#### Declension
### Further reading

* alt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: 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

Spatial inflection of alt :
| ↗︎○ | allative | alle |
| ○ | adessive | al |
| ○↘︎ | ablative | alt |

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adverb

alt
* (of motion) from underneath

### Postposition

alt (+ genitive)
* (of motion) from under
** 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136:Kissa tuli aitan alt.The cat came from under the storehouse.

#### Antonyms

* päält (“off”)

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, 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, →ISBN, page 14

## Irish
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (carpentry) joint; juncture
* (anatomy) joint, knuckle
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:tā alt m aurdōǵ ĺūntə.[Tá alt m’ordóige leonta.]The joint/knuckle of my thumb is sprained.
* knot (in wood)
    Synonyms: cranra, dual
* hillock
* bit (of land, tobacco, etc.)
* stumpy person
* paragraph; section (of act, etc.)
* (grammar, parts of speech, publishing) article; clause

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
alt
ailt
vocative
a ailt
a alta
genitive
ailt
alt
dative
alt
ailt
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-alt
na hailt
genitive
an ailt
na n-alt
dative
leis an alt don alt
leis na hailt :

##### Derived terms

* alt an chromáin
* alt bacánach
* altach
* déadalt

#### Verb

alt (present analytic altann, future analytic altfaidh, verbal noun altadh, past participle alta)
* (transitive) articulate, joint

##### Conjugation

| verbal noun | altadh | altadh | altadh | altadh | altadh | altadh | altadh | altadh |
| past participle | alta | alta | alta | alta | alta | alta | alta | alta |
| tense | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| tense | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative |||||||||
| present | altaim | altann tú; altair$^†$ | altann sé, sí | altaimid | altann sibh | altann siad; altaid$^†$ | a altann; a altas / a n-altann* | altar |
| past | d'alt mé; d'altas / alt mé‡; altas‡ | d'alt tú; d'altais / alt tú; altais‡ | d'alt sé, sí / alt sé, sí‡ | d'altamar; d'alt muid / altamar; alt muid‡ | d'alt sibh; d'altabhair / alt sibh; altabhair‡ | d'alt siad; d'altadar / alt siad; altadar‡ | a d'alt / ar alt* | altadh; haltadh$^†$ |
| past habitual | d'altainn / altainn‡; n-altainn‡‡ | d'altá / altá‡; n-altá‡‡ | d'altadh sé, sí / altadh sé, sí‡; n-altadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'altaimis; d'altadh muid / altaimis; altadh muid‡; n-altaimis‡‡; n-altadh muid‡‡ | d'altadh sibh / altadh sibh‡; n-altadh sibh‡‡ | d'altaidís; d'altadh siad / altaidís; altadh siad‡; n-altaidís‡‡; n-altadh siad‡‡ | a d'altadh / a n-altadh* | d'altaí / altaí‡; n-altaí‡‡ |
| future | altfaidh mé; altfad | altfaidh tú; altfair$^†$ | altfaidh sé, sí | altfaimid; altfaidh muid | altfaidh sibh | altfaidh siad; altfaid$^†$ | a altfaidh; a altfas / a n-altfaidh* | altfar |
| conditional | d'altfainn / altfainn‡; n-altfainn‡‡ | d'altfá / altfá‡; n-altfá‡‡ | d'altfadh sé, sí / altfadh sé, sí‡; n-altfadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'altfaimis; d'altfadh muid / altfaimis‡; altfadh muid‡; n-altfaimis‡‡; n-altfadh muid‡‡ | d'altfadh sibh / altfadh sibh‡; n-altfadh sibh‡‡ | d'altfaidís; d'altfadh siad / altfaidís‡; altfadh siad‡; n-altfaidís‡‡; n-altfadh siad‡‡ | a d'altfadh / a n-altfadh* | d'altfaí / altfaí‡; n-altfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive |||||||||
| present | go n-alta mé; go n-altad$^†$ | go n-alta tú; go n-altair$^†$ | go n-alta sé, sí | go n-altaimid; go n-alta muid | go n-alta sibh | go n-alta siad; go n-altaid$^†$ | — | go n-altar |
| past | dá n-altainn | dá n-altá | dá n-altadh sé, sí | dá n-altaimis; dá n-altadh muid | dá n-altadh sibh | dá n-altaidís; dá n-altadh siad | — | dá n-altaí |
| imperative |||||||||
| – | altaim | alt | altadh sé, sí | altaimis | altaigí; altaidh$^†$ | altaidís | — | altar |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian alto.

#### Noun

alt m (genitive singular ailt, nominative plural ailt)
* (music) alto

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
alt
ailt
vocative
a ailt
a alta
genitive
ailt
alt
dative
alt
ailt
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-alt
na hailt
genitive
an ailt
na n-alt
dative
leis an alt don alt
leis na hailt :

##### Derived terms

* altach

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

alt f (genitive singular ailte, nominative plural altanna)
* Alternative form of ailt (“steep-sided glen; ravine”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
alt
alta
vocative
a alt
a alta
genitive
ailte
alt
dative
alt
alta
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an alt
na halta
genitive
na hailte
na n-alt
dative
leis an alt don alt
leis na halta :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “alt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 209, page 79
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 alt (‘joint, articulation’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 alt, allt (‘height, cliff’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### 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: /ˈalt/
* Rhymes: -alt
* Hyphenation: àlt
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

alt
* stop!

## Khalaj

| Perso-Arabic | Perso-Arabic | اَلت |

### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ăl.

### Pronunciation

* (Xarrâbî) IPA: [a(ː)lt]

### Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
* under, bottom
* 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
* high

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑlt]

### Adverb

alt
* sometimes

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

From Turkish alt (“bottom; under”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːltʰ/, /ɑːlt/

### Noun

alt ? (Arabic spelling ئالت)
* Only used in alt bûn (“to be beaten, defeated”)
* 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)
* (music) alto; contralto

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

alt
* neuter singular of all

#### Pronoun

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

### Etymology 1
#### Adverb

alt
* 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)
* (music) alto; contralto

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Norse allt. Compare to Swedish allt

#### Determiner

alt
* neuter singular of all

#### Pronoun

alt
* 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
* old

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: out
** Dutch: oud, (obsolete) oudt
*** Afrikaans: 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: /alt/

### Adjective

alt
* old
    miti thên altôn ― with the elders

#### 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
* third-person singular preterite active conjunct of ailid
* singular preterite passive conjunct of ailid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## 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)
* old

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalt/
* Audio:(file)
* 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
* 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
* alto (instrument within the alto range) [from 20th c.]
* (obsolete) portion or section of a song sung in an alto [17th–20th c]
* (hunting, obsolete) middle-pitched voice of a hunting dog (instrument within the alto range) [17th–19th c]

##### Declension
#### Noun

alt m pers
* alto (person with an alto voice) [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: alcista, altysta

##### Declension
#### Related terms

* altowy
* altówkowy
* alcista
* alcistka
* altowiolinista
* altowiolinistka
* altowiolista
* altowiolistka
* altówka
* altysta
* altystka

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

alt m inan
* (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
* (Middle Polish) enthusiasm, gusto

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alt”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alt”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* 1 2 Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alt”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* 1 2 3 4 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (21.07.2011) “ALT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* 1 2 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alt”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 27

### 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: /ˈalt/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alt

### Determiner

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

## 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)
* joint
* (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)
* (music) an alto

#### Related terms

* altovi

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلت (alt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑɫt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: alt

### Noun

alt (definite accusative altı, plural altlar)
* bottom
* under

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
alt
altlar
definite accusative
altı
altları
dative
alta
altlara
locative
altta
altlarda
ablative
alttan
altlardan
genitive
altın
altların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
altım
altlarım
2nd singular
altın
altların
3rd singular
altı
altları
1st plural
altımız
altlarımız
2nd plural
altınız
altlarınız
3rd plural
altları
altları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
altımı
altlarımı
2nd singular
altını
altlarını
3rd singular
altını
altlarını
1st plural
altımızı
altlarımızı
2nd plural
altınızı
altlarınızı
3rd plural
altlarını
altlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
altıma
altlarıma
2nd singular
altına
altlarına
3rd singular
altına
altlarına
1st plural
altımıza
altlarımıza
2nd plural
altınıza
altlarınıza
3rd plural
altlarına
altlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
altımda
altlarımda
2nd singular
altında
altlarında
3rd singular
altında
altlarında
1st plural
altımızda
altlarımızda
2nd plural
altınızda
altlarınızda
3rd plural
altlarında
altlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
altımdan
altlarımdan
2nd singular
altından
altlarından
3rd singular
altından
altlarından
1st plural
altımızdan
altlarımızdan
2nd plural
altınızdan
altlarınızdan
3rd plural
altlarından
altlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
altımın
altlarımın
2nd singular
altının
altlarının
3rd singular
altının
altlarının
1st plural
altımızın
altlarımızın
2nd plural
altınızın
altlarınızın
3rd plural
altlarının
altlarının :

#### Antonyms

* üst

#### Derived terms

* altında

## Zipser German
### Alternative forms

* olt
* out (Hopgarten)

### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German alt.

### Adjective

alt
* old