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• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːltə/

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alta (uncountable)

1. Rose bengal dye worn by Indian women on the feet during festivals.

• alta-male

• lata, LATA, tala, Taal, Lata

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of altu

• IPA^(key): /alta/ [al̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta, -a
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

alta

1. however

• “alta”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alta”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈal.ta]

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alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alt

alta f (plural altes)

1. certification, registration
2. (military) fitness for duty
3. (medicine) discharge

   Ell va ser donat d’alta de l'hospital ahir. ― He was given discharge from the hospital yesterday.

• donar d'alta

• “alta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Spanish alta (“certificate of discharge (from a hospital)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/ [ˈal.ta]
• Rhymes: -a, -ta
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

alta

1. (Zamboangueño) tall person (feminine)
2. hospital discharge

alta

1. now

Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)

1. high (in altitude)
   • 2003, chapter 46, in Hans-Georg Kaiser, transl., Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven, →ISBN:

     La suno leviĝis. Freŝe laviĝinte ĝi eliris el sia marbanejo supren en la altan ĉielon.

     The sun rose up. Freshly washed, it left its ocean bath and went up into the high sky

2. high (in pitch)

   Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.

   I can’t reach the high notes in that song.

3. tall
   • 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva:

     Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.

     The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.

4. (figurative) high-minded, noble

   alta celo

   a noble goal

• malalta

• altitudo (“altitude”)

• “alta”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “alta”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

From Proto-Finnic *alta (compare Estonian alt), from older *alta < *ala-ta, an archaic inflected form with the ablative suffix Proto-Uralic *-ta onto ala- (“below, lower”). Now analyzed as the ablative singular of the stem ala-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑltɑ/, [ˈɑ̝l̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑltɑ
• Syllabification^(key): al‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧ta

alta [with genitive and/or possessive form]

1. from under, from underneath, from beneath

   Synonym: alapuolelta

   Antonyms: päältä, yläpuolelta, yltä

   Pallo vieri pöydän alta.

   The ball rolled from under the table.

Personal/possessive forms of alta
no possessor	alta
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	altani	altamme
2nd person	altasi	altanne
3rd person	altaan altansa

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• alempana
• alhainen

• “alta”, 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 2 July 2023

• -ltaa, alat, lata

See alto

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/ [ˈɑl̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baixa

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baixa

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alta”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Esperanto alta, Italian and Italian alto, from Latin altus.

alta

1. high
2. tall

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠt̪ˠə/

alta m pl

1. vocative plural of alt

alta m sg

1. genitive singular of altadh

alta

1. present subjunctive analytic of alt

alta

1. past participle of alt

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.ta/
• Rhymes: -alta
• Hyphenation: àl‧ta

alta

1. feminine singular of alto

• lata

Perso-Arabic		اَلتا

From Proto-Turkic *altï.

• (Mansurabad) IPA^(key): [ɑltɒ], [ɒltɒ]
• (Talkh Ab, Khaltabad) IPA^(key): [ɒltɒ]
• (Kharrab) IPA^(key): [alta]

alta

1. six

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

alta (masculine alto, masculine plural altos, feminine plural altas)

1. high

alta

1. inflection of altus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

altā

1. ablative feminine singular of altus

• "alta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -altɐ, (Brazil) -awtɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧ta

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 138:

     O protesto de Hermione foi abafado por uma risadinha alta.

     Hermione's objection was interrupted by a loud little laugh.

alta f (plural altas)

1. (healthcare) discharge (the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital)

   dar alta a ― to discharge (from hospital)

   ter alta ― to be discharged

2. (Brazil) rise; increase

   Synonym: aumento

• “alta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

alta

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of altul

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/ [ˈal̪.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

alta f (plural altas)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge (from a hospital)

   Antonym: baja

2. entry into a profession or organization

   Antonym: baja

3. (law) tax declaration, tax return

   Synonym: declaración

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like alta, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el alta. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al alta, del alta.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un alta or una alta. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor alta, una buena alta.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el alta única, un(a) alta buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

alta f sg

1. feminine singular of alto

• “alta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “alta”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

Early borrowing from Spanish altar, from Old Spanish altar, from Latin altāre. Doublet of altar.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalˈta/ [ʔɐlˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: al‧ta

altá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. altar (a table used for religious rites)

   Synonyms: dalanginan, dambana, altar

Borrowed from Spanish alta, feminine of alto, from Latin altus. Doublet of alto.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalta/ [ˈʔal.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

alta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. high

alta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ)

1. (medicine) certificate of discharge

Blend of almusal (“breakfast”) + tanghalian (“lunch”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔalta/ [ˈʔal.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -alta
• Syllabification: al‧ta

alta (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜆ) (slang)

1. brunch

• “alta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 27

• Taal, tala, alat, taal, lata

From English altar.

alta

1. altar

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 3

alta

1. dative singular of alt