"alta" meaning in Esperanto

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈalta] Audio: Eo-alta.ogg Forms: altan [accusative, singular], altaj [plural], altajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -alta Etymology: Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi. Etymology templates: {{bor|eo|la|altus}} Latin altus, {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|it|alto}} Italian alto, {{cog|fr|haut}} French haut, {{cog|ro|înalt}} Romanian înalt, {{doublet|eo|haŭsi}} Doublet of haŭsi Head templates: {{eo-head}} alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)
  1. high (in altitude)
    Sense id: en-alta-eo-adj-RNgtqpFr
  2. high (in pitch)
    Sense id: en-alta-eo-adj-XPD1T~qU
  3. tall
    Sense id: en-alta-eo-adj-JB2vLnU6
  4. (figurative) high-minded, noble Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-alta-eo-adj-68SxFgU3 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 28 6 19 47 Disambiguation of Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto: 13 6 29 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: altitudo (english: altitude)
Categories (other): Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro, Esperanto BRO2 Disambiguation of Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro: 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO2: 0 0 0 0 Derived forms: altaĵo (english: hill, rise, elevated area), alte (english: high, highly), altebenaĵo (english: plateau), alteco (english: height; highness), altejo (english: height, elevated area), altepreza (english: high-priced, costly), altestimi (english: to respect), altgrada (english: high (in temperature, rank)), altgrade (english: to a high degree), alti (english: to be high), altigi (english: raise, elevate), altiĝi (english: rise), altkreska (english: tall), altranga (english: high-ranking; upper-class), alto (english: altitude; elevation; height), alttaksi (english: to appreciate, value), altvalora (english: valuable), plialtigi (english: raise; heighten; increase), plialtiĝi (english: rise, get higher), tonalto (english: pitch (acoustics))

Inflected forms

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      "word": "malalta"
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      "english": "hill, rise, elevated area",
      "word": "altaĵo"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "high, highly",
      "word": "alte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "plateau",
      "word": "altebenaĵo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "height; highness",
      "word": "alteco"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "height, elevated area",
      "word": "altejo"
    },
    {
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      "english": "high-priced, costly",
      "word": "altepreza"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to respect",
      "word": "altestimi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "high (in temperature, rank)",
      "word": "altgrada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to a high degree",
      "word": "altgrade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be high",
      "word": "alti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "raise, elevate",
      "word": "altigi"
    },
    {
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      "english": "rise",
      "word": "altiĝi"
    },
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      "english": "tall",
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    },
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      "english": "high-ranking; upper-class",
      "word": "altranga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "altitude; elevation; height",
      "word": "alto"
    },
    {
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      "english": "to appreciate, value",
      "word": "alttaksi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "valuable",
      "word": "altvalora"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "raise; heighten; increase",
      "word": "plialtigi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "rise, get higher",
      "word": "plialtiĝi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "pitch (acoustics)",
      "word": "tonalto"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "altus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin altus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "alto"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian alto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "haut"
      },
      "expansion": "French haut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "înalt"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian înalt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "haŭsi"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of haŭsi",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "altan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "altaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "altajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "al‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "altitude",
      "word": "altitudo"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The sun rose up. Freshly washed, it left its ocean bath and went up into the high sky",
          "ref": "2003, chapter 46, in Hans-Georg Kaiser, transl., Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven",
          "text": "La suno leviĝis. Freŝe laviĝinte ĝi eliris el sia marbanejo supren en la altan ĉielon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "high (in altitude)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can’t reach the high notes in that song.",
          "text": "Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high (in pitch)"
      ],
      "id": "en-alta-eo-adj-XPD1T~qU",
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          "high"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.",
          "roman": "Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.",
          "text": "1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tall"
      ],
      "id": "en-alta-eo-adj-JB2vLnU6",
      "links": [
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          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    },
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "13 6 29 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "a noble goal",
          "text": "alta celo",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high-minded, noble"
      ],
      "id": "en-alta-eo-adj-68SxFgU3",
      "links": [
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          "high-minded",
          "high-minded"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) high-minded, noble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈalta]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alta"
    },
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      "audio": "Eo-alta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/Eo-alta.ogg/Eo-alta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Eo-alta.ogg",
      "text": "Audio:"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alta"
}
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    {
      "word": "malalta"
    }
  ],
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    "Esperanto adjectives",
    "Esperanto doublets",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/alta",
    "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "hill, rise, elevated area",
      "word": "altaĵo"
    },
    {
      "english": "high, highly",
      "word": "alte"
    },
    {
      "english": "plateau",
      "word": "altebenaĵo"
    },
    {
      "english": "height; highness",
      "word": "alteco"
    },
    {
      "english": "height, elevated area",
      "word": "altejo"
    },
    {
      "english": "high-priced, costly",
      "word": "altepreza"
    },
    {
      "english": "to respect",
      "word": "altestimi"
    },
    {
      "english": "high (in temperature, rank)",
      "word": "altgrada"
    },
    {
      "english": "to a high degree",
      "word": "altgrade"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be high",
      "word": "alti"
    },
    {
      "english": "raise, elevate",
      "word": "altigi"
    },
    {
      "english": "rise",
      "word": "altiĝi"
    },
    {
      "english": "tall",
      "word": "altkreska"
    },
    {
      "english": "high-ranking; upper-class",
      "word": "altranga"
    },
    {
      "english": "altitude; elevation; height",
      "word": "alto"
    },
    {
      "english": "to appreciate, value",
      "word": "alttaksi"
    },
    {
      "english": "valuable",
      "word": "altvalora"
    },
    {
      "english": "raise; heighten; increase",
      "word": "plialtigi"
    },
    {
      "english": "rise, get higher",
      "word": "plialtiĝi"
    },
    {
      "english": "pitch (acoustics)",
      "word": "tonalto"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "altus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin altus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "alto"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian alto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "haut"
      },
      "expansion": "French haut",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "înalt"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian înalt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "haŭsi"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of haŭsi",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin altus. Compare Spanish and Italian alto, French haut, Romanian înalt. Doublet of haŭsi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "altan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "altaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "altajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "alta (accusative singular altan, plural altaj, accusative plural altajn)",
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  ],
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    "al‧ta"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "altitude",
      "word": "altitudo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The sun rose up. Freshly washed, it left its ocean bath and went up into the high sky",
          "ref": "2003, chapter 46, in Hans-Georg Kaiser, transl., Mortula ŝipo, Tyresö: Inko, translation of Das Totenschiff by B. Traven",
          "text": "La suno leviĝis. Freŝe laviĝinte ĝi eliris el sia marbanejo supren en la altan ĉielon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high (in altitude)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I can’t reach the high notes in that song.",
          "text": "Mi ne povas atingi la altajn tonojn de tiu kanto.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high (in pitch)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The walls between the people of the world are still dreadfully tall and wide.",
          "roman": "Terure altaj kaj dikaj estas ankoraŭ la interpopolaj muroj.",
          "text": "1906, L. L. Zamenhof, speech to the 2nd Esperanto Congress in Geneva",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tall",
          "tall"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a noble goal",
          "text": "alta celo",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "high-minded, noble"
      ],
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        [
          "high-minded",
          "high-minded"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) high-minded, noble"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈalta]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alta"
    },
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      "audio": "Eo-alta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/Eo-alta.ogg/Eo-alta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Eo-alta.ogg",
      "text": "Audio:"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alta"
}

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