ala

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

  • Wikipedia-logo.png 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Preposition

ala

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of a la.

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Latin āla (“wing”).

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural ales)

  1. wing

[edit] Chickasaw

[edit] Verb

ala

  1. To be born

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Noun

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

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

[edit] Declension

This Estonian entry needs a declension template

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Verb

ala

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

[edit] Conjugation

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

[edit] Finnish

(index al)

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Noun

ala

  1. area
  2. (in working life, in sciences) field
  3. (business) branch
[edit] 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.   
[edit] Compounds
compounds

[edit] Etymology 2

  • inflected form of alkaa

[edit] Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧la
  • IPA: [ˈɑlɑ(ʔ)]

[edit] 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.

[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural alas)

  1. wing

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[edit] Hawaiian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Maori ara, Chamorro chalan, Indonesian and Malay jalan).

[edit] Noun

ala

  1. way

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Verb

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

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

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ala.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural ali, poetic ale)

  1. wing

[edit] Synonyms

  • alia (archaic, slang)

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[edit] Verb

ala

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

[edit] Kurdish

ala

[edit] 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

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] 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

[edit] Inflection

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

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Noun

ala

  1. cave

[edit] Declension

Fourth declension noun
singular plural
nominative ala alas
genitive alas alu
dative alai alām
accusative alu alas
locative alā alās

[edit] Malay

[edit] Preposition

ala

  1. like
  2. according to
  3. on

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

āla f.

  1. awl.

[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Verb

ala

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

[edit] Adjective

ala

  1. Touched.

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural alas)

  1. section

[edit] Romansch

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ala.

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural alas)

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

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From Turkic.

[edit] Noun

ala f. (Cyrillic spelling ала)

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ala.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

ala f. (plural alas)

  1. wing

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Sranan Tongo

[edit] Pronoun

ala

  1. everything

[edit] Swahili

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

ala inv.

  1. tool
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