Meaning

1 senses

  1. A type of geological depression formed by the subsidence of permafrost, sometimes (partially) filled by a lake.

    Alternative forms: alass, alaas

    аласalas

Examples

30 sentences

  1. But who, alas! can love and then be wise?

    Adelpa · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Lone lions, alas, always end up being hunted and haggard.

    AmarMecheri · Tatoeba · CC0 · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. We should be doing sport right now, alas it is raining.

    Igider · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. There's more sophisticated vocabulary I would suggest, but alas, it is done.

    Babelball · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Alas, I am dying beyond my means.

    inastar · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
type of depression:

Origin

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: alases / alasses
Singularalas
Pluralalases / alasses

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alabasteralarmB1alarminglyalbaalbatrossalbeitalbino

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

alas — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto