Jump to content

aleluia

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Basque

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (Praise Yah).

Interjection

[edit]

aleluia

  1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

Noun

[edit]

aleluia inan

  1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a liturgical song to praise God)

Declension

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Portuguese

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (Praise Yah).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.ɐ/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.leˈluj.a/ [a.leˈluɪ̯.a]

Interjection

[edit]

aleluia!

  1. (Christianity) hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)
  2. (informal) finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)

Noun

[edit]

aleluia f (plural aleluias)

  1. (Christianity, music) hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)
  2. (Roman Catholicism) the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read
  3. wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)
    Synonyms: acetosela, azedinha, trevo-azedo
  4. Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil
    Synonyms: cobi, canudeiro
  5. alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)

Noun

[edit]

aleluia m (plural aleluias)

  1. hallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic алелоуиꙗ (aleluija), from Ancient Greek ἀλληλούια (allēloúia), from Hebrew הַלְּלוּיָהּ (Praise Jah!).

Interjection

[edit]

aleluia

  1. hallelujah