alfa
English
Etymology
From alpha, respelled to make the pronunciation clearer to those who do not speak English.
Noun
alfa (plural alfas)
- The letter A in the ICAO spelling alphabet
Translations
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa f (plural alfes)
- alpha (Greek letter)
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa f (plural alfes)
- alpha (Greek letter)
Further reading
- “alfa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa n
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa f (plural alfa's, diminutive alfaatje n)
- The letter alpha (first letter of the Greek alphabet).
- Historically used in educational contexts to denote a humanistic orientation.
- Antonym: bèta
- Someone who is educated in the humanities or otherwise prefers such subjects.
- Antonym: bèta
- (ethology) A dominant animal.
Derived terms
Finnish
Αα | Previous: | n/a |
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Next: | beeta |
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
- alpha (person, especially a male, who is dominant, successful and attractive)
Declension
Inflection of alfa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alfa | alfat | |
genitive | alfan | alfojen | |
partitive | alfaa | alfoja | |
illative | alfaan | alfoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alfa | alfat | |
accusative | nom. | alfa | alfat |
gen. | alfan | ||
genitive | alfan | alfojen alfain rare | |
partitive | alfaa | alfoja | |
inessive | alfassa | alfoissa | |
elative | alfasta | alfoista | |
illative | alfaan | alfoihin | |
adessive | alfalla | alfoilla | |
ablative | alfalta | alfoilta | |
allative | alfalle | alfoille | |
essive | alfana | alfoina | |
translative | alfaksi | alfoiksi | |
abessive | alfatta | alfoitta | |
instructive | — | alfoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
alfa m (plural alfas)
Related terms
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa m (plural alfas)
- alpha (Greek letter)
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa (plural alfák)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | alfa | alfák |
accusative | alfát | alfákat |
dative | alfának | alfáknak |
instrumental | alfával | alfákkal |
causal-final | alfáért | alfákért |
translative | alfává | alfákká |
terminative | alfáig | alfákig |
essive-formal | alfaként | alfákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | alfában | alfákban |
superessive | alfán | alfákon |
adessive | alfánál | alfáknál |
illative | alfába | alfákba |
sublative | alfára | alfákra |
allative | alfához | alfákhoz |
elative | alfából | alfákból |
delative | alfáról | alfákról |
ablative | alfától | alfáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
alfáé | alfáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
alfáéi | alfákéi |
Possessive forms of alfa | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | alfám | alfáim |
2nd person sing. | alfád | alfáid |
3rd person sing. | alfája | alfái |
1st person plural | alfánk | alfáink |
2nd person plural | alfátok | alfáitok |
3rd person plural | alfájuk | alfáik |
Derived terms
Irish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa m (genitive singular alfa)
- alpha (Greek letter)
Derived terms
- alfa-cháithnín m (“alpha particle”)
- alfa-gha m (“alpha wave”)
- alfa-héilics m (“alpha helix”)
- alfa-radaíocht (“alpha radiation”)
- alfa-rithim (“alpha rhythm”)
- alfa-thástáil (“alpha test”)
- alfa-uimhir (“alphanumeric”, noun)
- alfa-uimhriúil (“alphanumeric”, adjective)
- fireannach alfa (“alpha male”)
Etymology 2
Noun
alfa m (genitive singular alfa)
Declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
alfa | n-alfa | halfa | t-alfa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alfa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “alfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa m or f (uncountable)
- alpha, specifically:
- The name of the Greek-script letter Α/α
- The name of the Latin-script letter Ɑ/ɑ.; Latin alpha
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
alfa f (plural alfe)
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See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2)
Noun
alfa m (definite singular alfaen, indefinite plural alfaer, definite plural alfaene)
- alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.
- esparto grass, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
Synonyms
- (sense 2) alfagress
Derived terms
References
- “alfa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “alfa_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “alfa_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) (sense 1), and Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā) (sense 2)
Noun
alfa m (definite singular alfaen, indefinite plural alfaer or alfaar, definite plural alfaene or alfaane)
- alpha, first letter of the Greek alphabet.
- esparto grass, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
Synonyms
- (sense 2) alfagras
Derived terms
References
- “alfa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa f
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
Declension
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -awfa
Noun
alfa f (plural alfas)
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
ȁlfa f (Cyrillic spelling а̏лфа)
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
alfa f (plural alfas)
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
Related terms
Further reading
- “alfa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.
Noun
alfa n
- alpha; the Greek letter Α, α
Anagrams
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