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Alalia

Definition: Alalia

Alalia

Noun

1. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Alalia \A*la"li*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression priv. talking; compare to speechless.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alalia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

alalia

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alalia

Language Translations for "alalia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

alalia prolongata (prolongated alalia), syllabisk alali (syllabic alalia), psykisk alali (mental alalia), fysiologisk alalli (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), fysiologisk alali (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

alalia syllabaris (syllabic alalia), alalia relativa (mental alalia), alalia prolongata (prolongated alalia), alalia physiologica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), alalia mentalis (mental alalia), vertraagde spraak (prolongated alalia), spraakverlangzaming (prolongated alalia), doofstomheid (deaf-mutism, physiologic alalia, physiological alalia, surdimutism). (various references)

   

French

  

alalie syllabique (syllabic alalia), alalie prolongée (prolongated alalia), alalie physiologique (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), alalie mentale (mental alalia). (various references)

   

German

  

Alalia syllabaris (syllabic alalia), Alalia relativa (mental alalia), Alalia prolongata (prolongated alalia), Alalia physiologica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), Alalia mentalis (mental alalia), Alalia cophica (prolongated alalia), Mutitas physiologica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), mentale Alalie (mental alalia). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συλλαβιστική αλαλία (syllabic alalia), σχετική αλαλία (mental alalia), παρατεταμένη αλαλία (prolongated alalia), φυσιολογική αλαλία (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia), ψυχογενής αλαλία (mental alalia). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alalia prolungata (prolongated alalia), alalia mentale (mental alalia), alalia fisiologica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia, prolongated alalia), alalia cofica (prolongated alalia), sordomutismo (deaf-mutism, prolongated alalia, surdimutism), balbettamento (babble, babblement, syllabic alalia). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alaliaay

   

Portuguese

  

alalia silábica (syllabic alalia), alalia prolongada (prolongated alalia), alalia mental (mental alalia), alalia fisiológica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alalia silábica (syllabic alalia), alalia relativa (mental alalia), alalia prolongada (prolongated alalia), alalia mental (mental alalia), alalia fisiológica (physiologic alalia, physiological alalia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Alalia"

Words rhyming with "alalia" (pronounced 'A*la"li*a'): Abdominalia, Acholia, Antlia, Aurelia, Bacchanalia, Cerealia, Coelia, Dahlia, Generalia, Grindelia, Hydrocorallia, Implacentalia, Larvalia, Linguatulida, lobelia, Lupercalia, magnolia, Mammalia, Marginalia, melancholia, Nebalia, Neuroglia, Paraphernalia, Penetralia, Physalia, Prosocoelia, Pseudocoelia, Quinquennalia, replica, Rosalia, Saturnalia, stapelia, Tetractinellida, Thulia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Alalia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-l-l"

-3 letters: aal, ail, ala, all, ill.

-4 letters: aa, ai, al, la, li.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-l-l"
 

+2 letters: malarial, palatial, palladia.

 

+3 letters: alfilaria, available, availably, balalaika, camarilla, sabadilla.

 

+4 letters: alfilarias, algolagnia, alkaloidal, analogical, analytical, animalcula, assailable, balalaikas, camarillas, cascarilla, gaillardia, granadilla, maniacally, palatalize, palatially, sabadillas.

 

+5 letters: actuarially, algolagniac, algolagnias, aquatically, archaically, canalicular, cascarillas, fanatically, gaillardias, granadillas, lactational, palatalized, palatalizes, papillomata, parallactic, saltatorial, salvational, satanically, scarlatinal, unavailable, valuational.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Alalia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6C 61 6C 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    .-    .-..    ..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101100 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#97 &#108 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 0061 006C 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357867787567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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