altan

See also: Altan, altán, áltán, and ältan

Danish

altan

Etymology

From Italian altana (“balcony”), from alto, from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altaːn/, [alˈtˢæːˀn]

Noun

altan c (singular definite altanen, plural indefinite altaner)

1. (architecture) balcony (structure extending from a building)

Inflection

Declension of altan

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	altan	altanen	altaner	altanerne
genitive	altans	altanens	altaners	altanernes

Derived terms

• fransk altan c

See also

• altan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Esperanto

Adjective

altan

1. accusative singular of alta

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Irish

Noun

altan f (genitive singular altaine, nominative plural altana)

1. Alternative form of altán (“sharp knife”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altan	n-altan	haltan	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Oroqen

Noun

altan

1. gold (metal)

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

altan m pl

1. plural of alt

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Swedish

Etymology

From Italian altana (“balcony”), from alto, from Latin altus (“high”).

Noun

altan c

1. (architecture) balcony; structure extending from a building

Declension

Declension of altan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	altan	altanen	altaner	altanerna
Genitive	altans	altanens	altaners	altanernas

Anagrams

• antal, talan