alga
English
Noun
alga (plural algae)
- (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.
Hyponyms
- (photosynthetic aquatic organism): seaweed; green alga (Chlorophyta and Charophyta) and red alga (Rhodophyta and Glaucophyta) in Plantae); brown alga (Phaeophyceae) and yellow-green algae (Xanthophyceae), Haptophyta, and Cryptomonada in Chromista), and blue-green alga (Cyanobacteria)
- microalga
Translations
any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms
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Catalan
Further reading
- “alga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalka/
- Rhymes: -alka
Declension
Declension of alga | ||||
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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
Derived terms
Irish
Declension
Declension of alga
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- algach (“algal”, adjective)
- algeolaí m (“algologist”)
- algeolaíocht f (“algology”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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
- "alga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “alga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.=
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
Latvian
Declension
Declension of alga (4th 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”).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: al‧ga
Noun
alga f (plural algas)
- alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms similar to plants or bacteria)
Derived terms
- algáceo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalɡa/, [ˈalɣa]
Further reading
- “alga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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