alga

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See also: algâ, algă, algā, algą, and ālgā

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ɡə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

alga (plural algae)

  1. (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Algaes is a non-standard plural.

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algues)

  1. alga

Further reading[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (genitive singular algu, plural algur)

  1. alga

Declension[edit]

Declension of alga
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alga algan algur algurnar
accusative algu alguna algur algurnar
dative algu alguni algum algunum
genitive algu algunnar alga alganna

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈalɡa/ [ˈɑɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈalħa/ [ˈɑɫ.ħɐ]

 

  • Hyphenation: al‧ga

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English alga, from Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga m (genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)

  1. (biology) alga
    Synonym: feamainn

Declension[edit]

Declension of alga

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alga algaí
Vocative a alga a algaí
Genitive alga algaí
Dative alga algaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-alga na halgaí
Genitive an alga na n-algaí
Dative leis an alga

don alga

leis na halgaí

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural alghe)

  1. seaweed

Further reading[edit]

  • alga in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • alga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”). Cognate with Norwegian dialectal alka (“to dirty, soil”), Norwegian ulk (“frog, slime”), Low German ulk (“frog”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (genitive algae); first declension

  1. Seaweed; plants that grow in freshwater.
  2. (figuratively) Something of little worth.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative alga algae
Genitive algae algārum
Dative algae algīs
Accusative algam algās
Ablative algā algīs
Vocative alga algae

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Descendants of alga in other languages
  • Catalan: alga
  • English: alga
  • French: algue
  • Galician: alga
  • German: Alge
  • Italian: alga
  • Portuguese: alga
  • Romanian: algă
  • Sardinian: aliga
  • Sicilian: àliga
  • Spanish: alga

Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *algā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

alga f (4th declension)

  1. salary, wage
  2. reward
  3. pay
    algu saraksts ― pay bill

Declension[edit]

Declension of alga (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) alga algas
accusative (akuzatīvs) algu algas
genitive (ģenitīvs) algas algu
dative (datīvs) algai algām
instrumental (instrumentālis) algu algām
locative (lokatīvs) algā algās
vocative (vokatīvs) alga algas

Synonyms[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *algā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-.[1] Cognate with Latvian àlga (“salary”), Old Prussian ālgas (“salary”, Gsg.), Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, “gain, profit”), Sanskrit अर्घ (arghá, “worth, value, price”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

algà f (plural al̃gos) stress pattern 4

  1. pay, salary, wage

Declension[edit]

Declension of algà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) algà al̃gos
genitive (kilmininkas) algõs algų̃
dative (naudininkas) al̃gai algóms
accusative (galininkas) al̃gą algàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) algà algomìs
locative (vietininkas) algojè algosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) al̃ga al̃gos

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “alga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
  2. ^ “alga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ “algà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 20 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading[edit]

  • “alga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “alga”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Lombard[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡa/ (Milanese)

Noun[edit]

alga f

  1. seaweed

Occitan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algas)

  1. seaweed

Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga, seaweed
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 50r:
      […] Et la ſu olor es como de alga marina. ⁊ dend toma eſte nõbre
      […] Its smell is like that of seaweed, thus the name it has been given.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
algi

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Alge or French algue,[1] from Latin alga.[2] First attested in 1619.[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

alga f

  1. alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms)
    Synonym: glon
    Hypernym: wodorost
    na bazie alg ― basedn on algae
    algi morskie ― sea/marine algae
    sproszkowane algi ― powdered algae
    nawilżające algi ― moisturizing algae
    brunatne algi ― brown algae
    zielone algi ― green algae
    niebieskie algi ― blue algae
    czerwone algi ― red algae
    lecznicze algi ― healing/therapeutic/medicinal algae
    hodowla alg ― algae culture/cultivation
    uprawa alg ― algae cultivation/growth/growing
    gatunek alg ― a species of algae

Declension[edit]

Usually in the plural.

Declension of alga
singular plural
nominative alga algi
genitive algi alg
dative aldze algom
accusative algę algi
instrumental algą algami
locative aldze algach
vocative algo algi

Derived terms[edit]

adjectives
nouns

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Krystyna Siekierska (31.03.2009) “ALGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading[edit]

  • alga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • alga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • alga in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology[edit]

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡa/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡa]

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algas)

  1. (botany) alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)
  2. seaweed (any marine plant)

Derived terms[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun[edit]

alga f (Cyrillic spelling алга)

  1. alga

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin alga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡa/ [ˈal.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alɡa
  • Syllabification: al‧ga

Noun[edit]

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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