Adjective: alto
Hyphenation: àl‧to
| Singular m. | alto |
| Singular f. | alta |
| Plural m. | alti |
| Plural f. | alte |
Sample Sentences
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L'uomo alto è mio padre. (The tall man is my father.)
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uno stagno alto 4 metri (a pond 4 meters deep)
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ad alta voce (in a loud voice)
Adjectives inflected like alto
periurbano,
rigenerativo,
ionizzato,
surrogato,
monferrino,
coscienzioso,
palesato,
urinoso,
megadiverso,
autovalutativo,
sfatto,
sfitto,
tiburtino,
evacuato,
meschino,
angloamericano,
moltiplicativo,
sessantaseiesimo,
transgiordano,
sereno, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Latin altus (“high”), from Proto-Italic *altos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, derived from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”). Cognate with English old and Welsh allt. See: Latin Adjectives '
altus', English Adjectives '
old'.
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