English Explanatory Dictionary

alfa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Alfa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
  2. Alternative spelling of alpha used in the ruleset of the international nonproprietary name system, where various digraphs are usually deprecated (except for grandfathered exceptions) because their replacement is translingually preferable (thus, for example, f, not ph; t, not th; and e, not ae).
noun
  1. A West African cleric or religious teacher.
noun
  1. A car made by Alfa Romeo.

Word forms

alfa alfas

Etymology

From Fula alfaa. Compare Yoruba àlùfáà.

Derived words

alfa grass berahyaluronidase alfa tividenofusp alfa
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