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* {{IPA|en|/ɔːlt/|/ɒlt/|a=UKRP}}

* {{IPA|en|/ɑlt/|/ælt/|q2=altitude|a=USGA}}

* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alt.wav|Audio (a=Southern England)}}

From {{bor|en|la|altus|t=high}}. {{doublet|en|old|alto}}.

# {{lb|en|music}} High [[pitch]], ofOf a voice or instrument, high [[pitch]]; especially, the octave above the top line of the [[treble]] stave. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=Rhian Jones; Lucy Heyman|title=Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music|year=2021|publisher=Shoreditch Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NwfEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT60&dq=using+alts+accounts&hl=&cd=13&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=using%20alts%20accounts&f=false|isbn=978-1-8381949-2-5
|passage={{...}}Adele, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Frank Ocean, Drake, and Ed Sheeran are among many artists who don't appear to spend a lot of time online (or if they do, it's using '''alt''' accounts).}}

# {{clipping of|en|alternative|dot=,}} especially as a cultural [[phenomenon]] seen as being outside the [[mainstream]] of its genre.

#: {{uxco|en|[[alt-rock|'''alt'''-rock]]}}

#: {{uxco|en|[[alt-right|'''alt'''-right]]}}

#: {{uxco|en|'''alt''' medicine}}

#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|year=1996|author=Jonobie D. Baker|title=Survey of MUSHers.|newsgroup=rec.games.mud.tiny
|passage=Of these '''alts''', how many of them are a gender other than your own?}}

#: {{uxco|en|liquid '''alts'''}}

* {{audio|az|LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-alt.wav|Audio}}

* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-alt.wav|Audio}}

#: {{uxi|gmw-cfr|Dat '''altaal''' Huus möt mer ens renoviere.|That '''old''' house should be renovated sometime.}}

* {{audio|nl|Nl-alt.ogg|Audio}}

{{nl-noun|m|-en|altje+}}

{{nl-noun|f|-en|altje+}}

* {{audio|de|De-alt.ogg|Audio}}

* {{audio|de|De-alt2.ogg|Audio}}

* {{IPA|ga|/al̪ˠt̪ˠ/|ref={{R:ga:Quiggin|7679|209}}}}

From {{inh|ga|sga|alt|t=joint, articulation}}, from {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ɸaltomɸaltu-|t=joint}}, from {{der|ga|ine-pro|*pel-|t=to fold}}.<ref>{{R:DIL|3016|head=1 alt (‘joint, articulation’)}}</ref> Cognate with {{cog|got|𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌽|t=to fold}} and {{cog|grc|πέπλος|t=woven cloth}}. The sense ‘article’ is a {{sl|ga|la|articulus|nocap=1}}, itself a {{sl|ga|grc|ἄρθρον|nocap=1}}.

* {{audio|it|LL-Q652 (ita)-LangPao-alt.wav|Audio}}

{{pl-ppr|a=Pl-alt.ogg}}

{{intnat|pl}}; compare {{cog|en|alto}}. Possibly {{bor+|pl|de|Alt|nocap=1|nocat=1}} or {{bor|pl|it|alto|nocat=1}}.<ref>{{R:pl:WSWO}}</ref><ref>{{R:pl:Bańkowski}}</ref> {{etydate|1586|}}.{{ref=|{{R:pl:SXVI|alt|5409}}|refnname=R:pl:SXVI}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} [[alto]] {{gl|singing voice range}} {{defdate|from 16th c.|refn=R:pl:SXVI}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} [[alto]] {{gl|instrument within the alto range}} {{defdate|from 20th c.}}

# {{lb|pl|music|obsolete}} [[portion]] or [[section]] of a [[song]] [[sing|sung]] in an [[alto]] {{defdate|17th|20th c|ref={{R:pl:SXVII|ALT|5012|BR-K|21.07.2011}}|refn=R:pl:SXVII|ref2={{R:pl:SJPD}}|ref2n=R:pl:SJPD}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} [[alto]] {{gl|person with an alto voice}} {{defdate|from 20th c.|refn=R:pl:SJPD}}

{{bor+|pl|en|alt}}, as found on keyboards. {{etydate|late 20th century}}.

{{lbor|pl|la|altum}}.<ref name=R:pl:SXVII></ref> {{etydate|1652}}.{{ref|refnname=R:pl:SXVII}}

* {{audio|ro|Pl-alt.ogg|Audio}}

* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-alt.wav|Audio}}

* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-alt.wav|Audio}}