aleluia

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Basque[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (Praise Yah).

Interjection[edit]

aleluia

  1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

Noun[edit]

aleluia inan

  1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a liturgical song to praise God)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "aleluia" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • aleluia” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (Praise Yah).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.ɐ/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.a/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.a]

Interjection[edit]

aleluia!

  1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
  2. (informal) finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)

Noun[edit]

aleluia f (plural aleluias)

  1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read
  3. wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)
    Synonyms: acetosela, azedinha, trevo-azedo
  4. Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil
    Synonyms: cobi, canudeiro
  5. alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)

Noun[edit]

aleluia m (plural aleluias)

  1. hallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алелоуиꙗ (aleluija), from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (Praise Jah!).

Interjection[edit]

aleluia

  1. hallelujah