altra

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈal.tɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈal.tɾa] Homophone: altre (Balearic, Central) === Adjective === altra feminine singular of altre == Hungarian == === Etymology === alt +‎ -ra === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɒltrɒ] Hyphenation: alt‧ra === Noun === altra sublative singular of alt == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from French autre, Italian altro, Spanish otro, from Latin alter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈtra/ === Adjective === altra other, another ==== Synonyms ==== diferanta (“different”) ==== Antonyms ==== ita (“that, those”) ==== Derived terms ==== === 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) (obsolete, always masculine) foster father (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 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: As feminine: ==== Derived terms ==== banaltra altranas === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === “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, 2006–2026 “altra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal.tra/ Rhymes: -altra Hyphenation: àl‧tra === Determiner === altra feminine singular of altro === Pronoun === altra feminine singular of altro === References === === Anagrams === latra, tarla == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === altera altrene === Noun === altra n pl definite plural of alter