Alt
German (Berlin)
/ʔalt/
noun
Definitions
- alto musical voice, person or instrument that performs the alto part
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian alto (high, tall).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
alto
Gloss
high, tall
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
高
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alt English
- altimeter English
- altiscope English
- altisonant English
- alto English
- altometer English
- altophobia English
- *altiāre Latin
- *altiāre, *altio Latin
- *altiō Latin
- *inaltiō Latin
- alte Latin
- altio Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- altispinus Latin
- altissimus Latin
- altithorax Latin
- altitia Latin
- altitudo Latin
- altiāre Latin
- alto Latin
- altus Latin
- altāre Latin
- altītia Latin
- exalto Latin
- praealtus Latin
- Altgeige German
- Altposaune German
- Altstimme German
- Geige German
- Posaune German
- Stimme German
- Alto Adige Italian
- altamente Italian
- altana Italian
- altero Italian
- altezza Italian
- alticcio Italian
- altissimo Italian
- alto Italian
- altoatesina Italian
- altoatesino Italian
- altofondente Italian
- altura Italian
- contralto Italian
- alt Dutch, Flemish
- altist Dutch, Flemish
- altsleutel Dutch, Flemish
- altviolist Dutch, Flemish
- altvioliste Dutch, Flemish
- altviool Dutch, Flemish
- alto Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- alt Norwegian Bokmål
- altetende Norwegian Bokmål
- altfor Norwegian Bokmål
- haut Old French
- alta Esperanto
- alt Catalan, Valencian
- outón Galician
- înalt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- alto Old Portuguese
- outo Old Portuguese
- analtu Aromanian
- aut Occitan
- naut Occitan
- ault Romansh
- aut Romansh
- ot Romansh
- òlt Romansh
- altu Asturian
- alt Friulian
- *hauh Frankish
- oto Old Spanish
- âto Ligurian
- alto Ladino
- aut Ladin
- artu Sardinian
- auto Neapolitan
- artu Extremaduran