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PRONUNCIATION OF ALACKADAY

alackaday  [əˈlækəˌdeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALACKADAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alackaday is an exclamation.
Exclamation is an expression or voice that reflects an emotion or exaltation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALACKADAY


all-day
ˈɔːlˌdeɪ
birthday
ˈbɜːθˌdeɪ
doomsday
ˈduːmzˌdeɪ
everyday
ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ
faraday
ˈfærəˌdeɪ
heyday
ˈheɪˌdeɪ
holiday
ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ
lackaday
ˈlækəˌdeɪ
man-day
ˈmænˌdeɪ
Mayday
ˈmeɪˌdeɪ
multiday
ˈmʌltɪˌdeɪ
Muscadet
ˈmʌskəˌdeɪ
one-day
ˈwʌnˌdeɪ
payday
ˈpeɪˌdeɪ
same-day
ˈseɪmˌdeɪ
someday
ˈsʌmˌdeɪ
weekday
ˈwiːkˌdeɪ
welladay
ˈwɛləˌdeɪ
workaday
ˈwɜːkəˌdeɪ
workday
ˈwɜːkˌdeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALACKADAY

alaap
Alabama
Alabamian
alabandine
alabandite
alabaster
alabastrine
Alacant
alachlor
alack
alacritous
alacrity
Aladdin
Aladdin´s cave
alae

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALACKADAY

at the end of the day
day
day-to-day
Friday
from day to day
intraday
Monday
officer of the day
order of the day
per day
Saturday
Sunday
that will be the day
the other day
Thursday
today
Tuesday
Valentine´s day
Wednesday
yesterday

Synonyms and antonyms of alackaday in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alackaday» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALACKADAY

Find out the translation of alackaday to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alackaday from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alackaday» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

alackaday
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alackaday
570 millions of speakers

English

alackaday
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alackaday
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alackaday
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

alackaday
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alackaday
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alackaday
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alackaday
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alackaday
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alackaday
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alackaday
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alackaday
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alackaday
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alackaday
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alackaday
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलकाडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alackaday
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alackaday
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alackaday
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

alackaday
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alackaday
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

alackaday
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

alackaday
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

alackaday
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

alackaday
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alackaday

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALACKADAY»

The term «alackaday» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.901 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALACKADAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alackaday

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALACKADAY»

Discover the use of alackaday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alackaday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Christian Evangelist
Alackaday! alackaday! Somebody's stolen my heart away! Not over-tall or under- size, With hair gold yellow and azure eyes; She smiled on me with a blush like dawn, And my heart was missing when she was gone! Alackaday! alackaday!
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Passing Through the Woods
I never meant to break it; Alas alackaday! It served me well and truly; It made the darkness bright. 'Twas hammer-blow that laid it low And robbed me of my light. I hied me down to Do It All And hailed the Overseer: “Where will I find a bulkhead ...
David Gwilym Anthony, 2012
3
The songs, chronologically arranged: with notes, historical, ...
SPIRITS' SONG. Br my faith and wand, Gracing now my hand, I'm at your command, For ever and for aye. Heart within my breast Never can have rest, Till of your's possess'd, Heigho, alackaday '. Do you want a knight. Ready, brisk, and tight, ...
Charles Dibdin, 1848
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The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, second ...
But men in love are fools; women may well be so.—But hark you, madam, your sister went out in the morning and I have not seen her within since. MARGERY. Alackaday, she has been crying all day above, it seems, in a corner. PINCHWIFE.
Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, 2012
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The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth ...
But hark you, madam, your sister went out in the morning and I have not seen her within since. MARGERY. Alackaday, she has been crying all day above, it seems, in a corner. PINCHW/IFE. were is she? Let me speak With her. MARGFRY.
J. Douglas Canfield, Maja-Lisa von Sneidern, 2003
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The Fortunes of Nigel (Annotated)
Alackaday!Alackaday!” replied Sir Mungo, “I remember but toowellhow much your cholerwas inflamed, inspite ofthe various remonstrances which I made toyou respecting the sacred nature of the place. Alas! alas! you cannot say you leaped  ...
SIR WALTER SCOTT, 2013
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The Broadview Anthology of Drama: Volume 1: From Antiquity ...
But hark you, madam, your sister went out in the morning and I have not seen her within since. MARGERY. Alackaday, she has been crying all day above, it seems, in a corner. I'II\ICI-I\X/IFE. \Wherc is she? Let me speak with her. MARGERY.
Craig S. Walker, Jennifer Wise, 2003
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The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan
Who can only sigh and say, Instead of slyly peering at us, Casting looks endearing at us, Blushing at us, flushing at us, Flirting with a fan; Woe is me, alackaday! They're actually sneering at us, fleering at us, jeering at us! Pretty sort of treatment ...
Arthur Sullivan, William Schwenck Gilbert, 1940
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The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Volume 3: The ...
But hark you, madam, your sister went out in the morning and I have not seen her within since. 50 MARGERY. Alackaday, she has been crying all day above, it seems, in a corner. PINCHWIFE. Where is she? Let me speak with her. MARGERY.
Joseph Black, Leonard Conolly, Kate Flint, 2006
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The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early ...
MARGERY. Alackaday, she has been crying all day above, it seems, in a corner. PINCHVVIFE. Where is she? Let me speak with her. MARGERY. (Aside) Oh Lord, then he'll discover all.——Pray hold, bud. What, d'ye mean to discover* me?
J. Douglas Canfield, Maja-Lisa von Sneidern, 2001

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALACKADAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alackaday is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reviews: Theatre
... hero of Julia Donaldson's picture book for tinies - can do many remarkable things: alackaday, he can't stop cloudbursts and downpours. «Herald Scotland, Jun 14»
2
David Beckham is heading for retirement - shame about the rest of us
Alackaday, if only he'd counter-intuitively called it global cooling, then those coming in his wake might have warned us not about greenhouse ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 13»
3
Ed Balls's soppy tears are enough to make you weep
Alackaday! It's Antiques Roadshow and the shadow chancellor is keening and lamenting over the escritoires. Stop, stop with the emoting! «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 11»
4
Why do women find Earl Spencer so irresistible?
ALACKADAY, Earl Spencer, the aristocracy's lusty answer to the Cerne Abbas giant, is once more out of the game, having announced his ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 11»

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