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" This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle."
James L. Buckley

Meaning of "alas" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALAS

From Old French ha las! oh wretched!; las from Latin lassus weary.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ALAS

əˈlæs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALAS

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

WHAT DOES ALAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alas in the English dictionary

The definition of alas in the dictionary is unfortunately; regrettably. Other definition of alas is an exclamation of grief, compassion, or alarm.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALAS

babbelas · bonilasse · bonnilasse · filasse · glace · lass · molasse · ticklace · Ulfilas

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALAS

alarm system · alarmable · alarmed · alarmedly · alarming · alarmingly · alarmism · alarmist · alarum · alary · Alas. · Alaska · Alaska Highway · Alaska Peninsula · Alaska Range · Alaskan · alastor · alastrim · alate · alated

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALAS

atlas · babalas · balas · bolas · Callas · cervelas · Dallas · Djilas · Douglas · erysipelas · Gulf of San Blas · Hellas · killas · Nicholas · palas · Pallas · Plexiglas · road atlas · San Blas · verglas

Synonyms and antonyms of alas in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ALAS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «alas» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «alas» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ALAS

Find out the translation of alas to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of alas from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alas» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

唉 >
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

desgraciadamente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

alas
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

अफसोस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للأسف
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

увы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

que pena!
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

হায়রে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

hélas
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Malangnya
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

leider
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

残念なことに
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

애석하게도
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Alas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

than ôi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அந்தோ
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

अरेरे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yazık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

purtroppo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niestety
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

на жаль
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vai
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλίμονο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

akk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alas

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALAS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of alas
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «alas».

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «ALAS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alas.
1
Barbara Amiel
In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.
2
Joyce Appleby
Our sense of worth, of well-being, even our sanity depends upon our remembering. But, alas, our sense of worth, our well-being, our sanity also depend upon our forgetting.
3
Mary Astell
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
4
John James Audubon
The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.
5
Algernon H. Blackwood
It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place haunted by a noble deed, or of beautiful and lovely ghosts revisiting the glimpses of the moon?
6
James L. Buckley
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.
7
Judy Collins
Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.
8
Claude Debussy
There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature.
9
Henry Austin Dobson
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.
10
E. M. Forster
Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALAS»

Discover the use of alas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Alas, Babylon
"Alas, Babylon.
Pat Frank, 2013
2
Alas, Babylon
The classic apocalyptic novel that stunned the world.
Pat Frank, 2005
3
Alas, Poor Yorick
An historical romance that takes place twenty years before the events of Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, involving treason and a plot to kill off the jesters of Elsinor.
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, 2002
4
Hispanic Education in the United States: Raíces Y Alas
Garcia's educational model is such that wings are valued only upon gaining roots, that is, building upon one's Hispanic experience and language.
Eugene E. García, 2001
5
Leopoldo Alas (Clarín):
Clearly related to this is the great increase in the number of translations - Julian Barnes called La Regenta 'the foreign classic tardily discovered'. This bibliography picks up where the first one left off in 1984.
Noël Maureen Valis, 2002
6
Equilibrio: 12 Formas de Abrir Tus Alas Y Volar
Daniel comparte poderosas historias y herramientas que te ayudar n a trascender como ser humano y esp ritu, usando la integraci n y el equilibrio como las claves para lograrlo. Para mayor informaci n, visita www.daniel-mendez.com.
Daniel Mendez, 2012
7
Alas! what Brought Thee Hither?: The Chinese in New York, ...
This study recovers the history of immigrants who left scant records of their struggle to survive in a society in which the Chinese were reviled as dangerous, opium-soaked, and unassimilable.
Arthur Bonner, 1997
8
"Alas! the Love of Women": 1813-1814
Byron's personal writings reveal vividly his family relationships, friendships, interests, and concerns
George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Leslie Alexis Marchand, 1974
9
The Alas League
The Alas League is an entertaining and humorous science-fiction collection made up of long episodes divided by brief "intermissions." First volume of a series.
Christian-Eric Falardeau, 2003
10
"Alas, poor ghost!": traditions of belief in story and discourse
In addition to a fuller presentation and analysis of the original field research, the author has updated the text to incorporate more recent studies and assisted by Kate Bennett, a gerontological psychologist, analyzed new research with a ...
Gillian Bennett, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alas is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ai Ai delas Alas on Jiro Manio: Hindi ko siya pwedeng pabayaan
Ai Ai delas Alas: “I think yun naman ang calling ko e. Sabi ko nga kay Lord, if ever na gusto mo pa akong mag-artista, bigyan mo ako ng chance ... «Banat, Jul 15»
2
Let's cut taxes for people at the top and the bottom
And that, alas, would be the result if we were to cut top-rate tax and simultaneously to cut in-work benefits without any compensating ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Fred Leicester: Dear Leicester City owners, I would like to apply for …
Alas, when I reached for my phone to take a photo commemorating this event, he pulled the plug from the wall and sulked for the rest of the ... «Leicester Mercury, Jul 15»
4
Boris Johnson says cut 45p tax rate AFTER bosses pay their staff …
'And that, alas, would be the result if we were to cut top-rate tax and simultaneously to cut in-work benefits without any compensating ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Box Office: 'Jurassic World' Tops 'Avengers 2' While 'Inside Out' Wins …
... we might be having a different conversation, but alas to the road not taken. 20th Century Fox's Spy earned another $5.5m on its fifth weekend ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
6
The Good Expat: 5 Steps to a Successful Expat Experience
Alas, only a cold trickle of water was coming out and just as he wondered what else could possibly go wrong, the power went off and he was left ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
7
The Greeks Finally Run Out of Other People's Money
Alas, government utopias always end at some point. Margaret Thatcher noted: “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Logjam at DH spot: Ramirez a natural, but Papi's in the way
Alas, that's not the reality, which is what made yesterday such a tease. With first baseman Mike Napoli in desperate need of a mental vacation, ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
9
Wimbledon 2015: Predicting Men and Women's Finals Before Week 2
Alas, a rematch of the 2014 U.S. Open final is looking to be increasingly inevitable, after fifth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki's dominant run ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
10
Total Automation May Put Publishers Back On The Map
Alas, a tweak to Google's API did not an industry make. Marketers loved the idea, but since they use audience as the primary mechanism to ... «AdExchanger, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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