ala

See also Appendix:Variations of "ala"

English

Etymology 1

Originated 1730–40 from Latin āla (“wing”).

Noun

ala (plural alae or alæ)

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

References

• Ala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “ala” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Etymology 2

From French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.

Preposition

ala

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of a la.
   • 2006, WorstPreviews.com, Film review:

     The film is told in reverse ala Memento.

   • 2008, Film Threat, Film review:

     [...] interactive plasma screens with flashing digits and what not, ala “Minority Report,” [...]

   • 2011, The Washington Post’s blog The Fix, Politics article:

     [...] we might be getting to the point where Palin is a bona fide liability - ala Pelosi - for the GOP.

   • 2011, The Huffington Post, Business article:

     [...] the NYSE didn't implode ala Merrill [...]

References

• “ala” examples at Wordnik

Anagrams

• aal , AAL

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɫə/, X-SAMPA: /"a5@/

Etymology

From Latin āla (“wing”).

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

1. wing

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Chickasaw

Verb

ala

1. To be born

Synonyms

• atta

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Estonian

Noun

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

1. area, region
2. territory
3. (in working life, in sciences) field
4. (business) branch

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ala

ala, v-58
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	ali	elur	elur	ala
Past	ól	ól(st)	ól	ólu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	al !	—	alið !
Infinitive	ala
Pres. part.	alandi
Past part. a26	alin
Supine	alið

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Finnish

(index al)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧la
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• IPA: [ˈɑlɑ]

Noun

ala

1. area
2. (in working life, in sciences) field
3. (business) branch

Declension

Declension of ala (type kala) singular plural nominative ala alat genitive alan alojen alain1 partitive alaa aloja accusative ala alan alat inessive alassa aloissa elative alasta aloista illative alaan aloihin adessive alalla aloilla ablative alalta aloilta allative alalle aloille essive alana aloina translative alaksi aloiksi instructive – aloin abessive alatta aloitta comitative – aloineen 1) Rare.

Compounds

compounds

ammattiala ampuma-ala elintarvikeala erikoisala etuala hakkuuala hallinnonala huoneala huoneistoala ilmanala iskuala kerrosala koeala koulutusala kuljetusala kuva-ala kylvöala käsiala käyttöala lattia-ala lehtiala liikeala liikkuma-ala maa-ala matalapalkka-ala matkailuala merenkulkuala metalliala metsäala mieliala muotiala näköala oikeudenala oikeusala opetusala opinala painoala painopisteala

palveluala pankkiala peltoala pienpalkka-ala pinta-ala pohja-ala purjeala ravintola-ala ravitsemisala sosiaaliala sovellusala soveltamisala sydänala sähköala sävelala taiteenala taka-ala talousala teatteriala tekstiiliala teleala teollisuudenala terveydenhoitoala terveydenhuoltoala terveysala tiedonala tieteenala toimiala tuotannonala tuotantoala turkisala tynnyrinala työala uudistusala vaatetusala vakuutusala viljelyala ääniala

Etymology 2

• inflected form of alkaa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧la
• IPA: [ˈɑlɑ(ʔ)]

Verb

ala

1. Indicative present connegative form of alkaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.

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Galician

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing

Synonyms

• á

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

ala

1. way

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).

Verb

ala (+ accusative) (elur - ól - ólu - alið)

1. to bear, to give birth to
2. to foster
3. to feed, to nourish

Derived terms

• ala á ((+ dative; to harp on) something)
• ala aldur sinn (to live one's life)
• ala upp
• ala önn fyrir (+ dative; to take care of somebody)
• alast

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ala.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈala]

Noun

ala f (plural ali, poetic ale)

1. wing

Synonyms

• alia (archaic, slang)

Related terms

• alare
• alato
• aleggiare
• aletta
• ali-
• aliforme
• aligero
• alipede

Verb

ala

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

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Kurdish

ala

Noun

ala f

1. flag (piece of cloth)

This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at flag. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ala in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Latin

Etymology

Archaic form of axla, axila → axilla. Compare French forms: axilla "aisselle", axis "essieu." It is a derivative of ago, agere, egi, actum, "to move."

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈaː.la/

Noun

āla (genitive ālae); f, first declension

1. wing (as of a bird)
2. armpit
3. the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of an animal or tree
4. (architecture) wings off the main room, side porches, waiting areas
5. (military) wing of an army
6. vocative singular of āla

ālā f

1. ablative singular of āla

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	āla	ālae
genitive	ālae	ālārum
dative	ālae	ālīs
accusative	ālam	ālās
ablative	ālā	ālīs
vocative	āla	ālae

Related terms

• ālātus
• alar
• alarius
• alate

Descendants

Catalan: ala English: aisle French: aile Friulian: ale Galician: á Italian: ala Ligurian: âa

Occitan: ala Portuguese: ala (borrowed) Romansch: ala Sicilian: ala Spanish: ala

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Latvian

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Noun

ala f, fourth declension

1. cave
2. burrow, hole, lair, den

Declension

declension of ala

	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

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Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ə

Preposition

ala

1. like
2. according to
3. on

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.

Noun

āla f

1. awl.

Descendants

• German: Ahle

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).

Verb

ala

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

Adjective

ala

1. Touched.

Usage notes

Generally used as an enclitic suffix to the word it modifies, not as a separate word.

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Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈa.la]

Etymology 1

From Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing (limb)
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.

     la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua

     The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

A contraction of a (“to, toward, in, at”) + la (“the”); the feminine singular definite article.

Contraction

ala (plural alas)

1. (followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.

     Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.

     Loth was afriad to stay in Zoar, so he moved to the mountains with his two daughters. There he lived in a cave with his two daughters; then older [daughter] said to the younger: "Our father is old, and [here] we cannot marry as is the custom."

2. (followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.

     eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.

     These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. And he saw them and got up to meet them.

Related terms

• al

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Portuguese

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. section, wing

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter) ela

Etymology

From Latin ala.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ala f (Cyrillic spelling ала)

1. dragon
2. type of mythical creature similar to dragon

Synonyms

• hala

Related terms

• aždaha
• zmaj

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ala (cf. Ladino ala), from Latin āla.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.la/, [ˈa.la]
• Homophone: hala

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing

Usage notes

The feminine noun ala is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ala

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Related terms

• alado
• alear
• aleta

Derived terms

• ahuecar el ala
• bajo el ala de
• las alas de la fantasía

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Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

ala

1. everything

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic آلة (’āla, “instrument, tool”).

Noun

ala

1. tool

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Turkish

Noun

ala

1. dative singular form of al