all-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "all"

English

Etymology

From Middle English all- (also al-), from Old English eall-, eal- (“all-”). Cognate with Dutch al-, German all-, Swedish all-. More at all.

Prefix

all-

1. Indicates complete power or authority in an area.

   all-knowing

   all-loving

   all-seeing

   all-powerful

2. Indicates that a term applies in a general manner.

   all-around

   all-over

   all-right

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with all-

Translations

to indicate complete power or authority in an area

• Czech: vše-
• Russian: все- (vse-), обще- (obšče-)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: uile-
• Swedish: all-

to indicate that a term applies in a general manner

• Czech: vše-
• Russian: все- (vse-), обще- (obšče-)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: uile-

Anagrams

• LAL, Lal, Lal.

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Estonian

Etymology

From all.

Prefix

all-

1. located beneath, at the bottom, nether, sub-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with all-

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Icelandic

Prefix

all-

1. fairly, rather, decentlyTemplate:jump [since the 17th century]
2. (dated) veryTemplate:jump

   Ekki allfáir viðskiptavinir.

   Very many customers.

Usage notes

• Hyphenating compound terms prefixed with all- is allowed (same with hálf-, jafn- and lang-):

  All-óhugnanlegur.

  Rather gruesome.

Synonyms

• Template:jump sæmilega, heldur, nokkuð
• Template:jump mjög, einkar

Derived terms

Category Icelandic terms prefixed with all- not found

• allfár (dated, synonym mjög fár; very few)
• allgóður (dated, synonym mjög góður; very good)
• allgóður (contemporary meaning, synonym sæmilegur; decent)
• allmikill (contemporary meaning; considerable)
• allvel (dated, synonym mjög vel; very well)
• allvel (contemporary meaning, synonym þolanlega, sæmilega; reasonably)
• enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má (no one is completely stupid if they can hold their silence; see silence is golden)

See also

• dá- (“rather, fairly, quite”)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From allr (“all”).

Prefix

all-

1. used as an intensive in front of adjectives and adverbs; very, extremely

References

• all- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.