alde

See also: ALDE and aldé

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *alte, probably related to albo (“side”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /alde/ [al̪.d̪e]
• Rhymes: -alde
• Hyphenation: al‧de

Interjection

alde!

1. get out!, scram!

Noun

alde inan

1. part, zone, side

   Gera zaitez nire aldean. ― Stay by my side.

2. side (of paper, a card, a coin), heads (of a coin)

   Txanponek bi alde dituzte. ― Coins have two sides.

3. difference, advantage

   Taldeak lau goleko aldea zuen. ― The team had a four goal advantage.

Declension

Declension of alde (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	alde	aldea	aldeak
ergative	aldek	aldeak	aldeek
dative	alderi	aldeari	aldeei
genitive	alderen	aldearen	aldeen
comitative	alderekin	aldearekin	aldeekin
causative	alderengatik	aldearengatik	aldeengatik
benefactive	alderentzat	aldearentzat	aldeentzat
instrumental	aldez	aldeaz	aldeez
inessive	aldetan	aldean	aldeetan
locative	aldetako	aldeko	aldeetako
allative	aldetara	aldera	aldeetara
terminative	aldetaraino	alderaino	aldeetaraino
directive	aldetarantz	alderantz	aldeetarantz
destinative	aldetarako	alderako	aldeetarako
ablative	aldetatik	aldetik	aldeetatik
partitive	alderik	—	—
prolative	aldetzat	—	—

Derived terms

• bordalde
• Hegoalde (“Southern Basque Country”)
• hegoalde (“south”)
• Iparralde (“Northern Basque Country”)
• iparralde (“north”)
• itsasalde (“seaside, coast”)
• mendialde (“mountains, inland countryside”)
• sukalde (“kitchen”)

 

Postposition

alde

1. [with absolutive] around (time)

   hamabiak eta laurden aldean ― around quarter past twelve

2. [with genitive] in favor of

   Noren alde zaude? ― Who's side are you on?

Usage notes

In the first sense, only the inflected forms aldean (inessive, literally “on the side”) and aldera (allative, literally “to the side”) are used. In the second sense, only the plain form is used.

Further reading

• “alde”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “alde”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Gothic

Romanization

aldē

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌴

Middle English

Noun

alde

1. Alternative form of adle

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëltē.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalːte/

Adverb

alde

1. on, on top
2. off, from the top

Alternative forms

• aldi

Postposition

alde

1. on, on top of
2. off, from the top of

Alternative forms

• aldi

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɑldə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse aldin n.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, uncountable)

1. fruit, especially from a garden

Etymology 2

From earlier and Old Norse alda.

Noun

alde f (definite singular alda, indefinite plural alder, definite plural aldene)

1. (rare) a big ocean wave

Etymology 3

Verb

alde

1. past tense of elja

References

• “alde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• adel, adle, dale, dela, elda, lade, leda

Old High German

Conjunction

alde

1. or

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen