altra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈal.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈal.tɾa]
• Homophone: altre (Balearic, Central)

Adjective

altra

1. feminine singular of altre

Hungarian

Etymology

alt +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒltrɒ]
• Hyphenation: alt‧ra

Noun

altra

1. sublative singular of alt

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French autre, Italian altro, Spanish otro, from Latin alter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtra/

Adjective

altra

1. other, another

   Me prizas l'altra libro plue.

   I like the other book more.

Synonyms

• diferanta (“different”)

Antonyms

• ita (“that, those”)

Derived terms

• altro (“another (thing), something else”)
• altre (“otherwise, differently”)
• altru (“another (person), someone else”)
• altrigar (“to alter”)
• altradice (“in other words”)
• altrakloke (“at another hour, at another time”)
• altralatere (“on the other hand”)
• altraloke (“elsewhere”)
• altramaniere (“in another way”)
• altranome (“by another name”)
• altrube (“somewhere else”)
• altravorte (“in other words”)

See also

• altruismo (“altruism”)
• altruisto (“altruist”)

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish altra (“foster father”), from Proto-Celtic *altrawū (“foster uncle”) (compare Welsh athro (“teacher”)), from *aleti (“feed, raise”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) and *awū (“uncle”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal grandfather/uncle”).

Noun

altra m or f (genitive singular altra, nominative plural altraí)

1. (obsolete, always masculine) foster father
2. (rare) nurse

Usage notes

This word has always been rare in modern Irish. The sense ‘nurse’ was revived in the late 20th century as a politically correct and gender-neutral alternative to banaltra, which contains the feminine prefix ban-. Among native Irish-speakers, however, the everyday term was, and still is, banaltra. A male nurse may be called banaltra fir (literally “nurse of a man”).

Declension

As masculine:

Declension of altra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative altra altraí Vocative a altra a altraí Genitive altra altraí Dative altra altraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-altra na haltraí Genitive an altra na n-altraí Dative leis an altra don altra leis na haltraí

As feminine:

Declension of altra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative altra altraí Vocative a altra a altraí Genitive altra altraí Dative altra altraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an altra na haltraí Genitive na haltra na n-altraí Dative leis an altra don altra leis na haltraí

Derived terms

• banaltra
• altranas

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “altra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “altra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “altra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 24
• “altra”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024
• “altra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.tra/
• Rhymes: -altra
• Hyphenation: àl‧tra

Adjective

altra f

1. feminine singular of altro

Anagrams

• latra, tarla

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• altera
• altrene

Noun

altra n pl

1. definite plural of alter