alga

See also: algă and algā

English

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ɡə/

Noun

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

  • Algaes is a non-standard plural.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

Noun

alga f (plural algues)

  1. alga

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Faroese

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalka/
  • Rhymes: -alka

Noun

alga f (genitive singular algu, plural algur)

  1. alga

Declension

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

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

Derived terms

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English alga, from Latin alga.

Pronunciation

Noun

alga m (genitive singular alga, nominative plural algaí)

  1. (biology) alga
    Synonym: feamainn

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

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Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡa/

Noun

alga f (plural alghe)

  1. seaweed
  2. alga

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Latin

Etymology

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

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡa/, [ˈaɫ.ɡa]

Noun

alga f (genitive algae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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

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Latvian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

alga f (4th declension)

  1. salary, wage
  2. reward
  3. pay
    algu sarakstspay bill

Declension

Synonyms

  • algojums
  • atalgojums
  • atmaksa
  • atlīdzinājums
  • atlīdzība
  • gājiens
  • izpeļņa
  • maksa
  • peļņa
  • samaksa
  • uzturs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elgʷʰ-eh₂, from *h₂elgʷʰ-. Cognate with Latvian àlga (salary), Old Prussian ālgas (salary, Gsg.), Ancient Greek ἀλφή (alphḗ, gain, profit), Sanskrit अर्घ (arghá, worth, value, price).

Pronunciation

Noun

algà f stress pattern 4

  1. pay, salary

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin algam, accusative of alga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈal.ɡa]

Noun

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 nóbre
      […] Its smell is like that of seaweed, thus the name it has been given.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈaɫɡɐ]
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): [ˈawɡa]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): [ˈaɻɡa]
  • Rhymes: -awɡa
  • Hyphenation: al‧ga

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)

Derived terms

  • algáceo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

Noun

alga f (Cyrillic spelling алга)

  1. alga

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡa/, [ˈalɣa]

Noun

alga f (plural algas)

  1. alga

Derived terms

Further reading

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