alat

• Hyphenation: a‧lat
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlat/

alat

1. Nonstandard form of halat.

ala +‎ -at

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈlat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈlat/

alat (feminine alada, masculine plural alats, feminine plural alades)

1. winged

• “alat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “alat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Hyphenation: a‧lat
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalat/, [ˈʔa.l̪ʌt̪]

Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“slang: police officer”).

alat

1. (slang) police officer

   Synonym: polis

Borrowed from Tagalog alat (“saltiness”).

• Hyphenation: a‧lat
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlat/, [ʔʌˈl̪at̪]

alat

1. salted eggs

alát

1. big and tall wide-mouth basket with loose mesh weave

alát

1. to make such basket

alat

1. second-person singular present indicative of alkaa

alat

1. nominative plural of ala

• -ltaa, alta, lata

alát

1. basket

From Malay alat, from Classical Malay الت‎ (alat), from Arabic آلَة‎ (ʾāla).[1]

• IPA^(key): /alat/
• Rhymes: -alat, -lat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: a‧lat

alat (first-person possessive alatku, second-person possessive alatmu, third-person possessive alatnya)

1. tool, instrument

• peranti
• perkakas
• radas

• “alat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔalit (˜-ŕ-). Compare Arin bɨqam-álte, biqam-álte, and kekm-elte (“wife”).

alat

1. woman

• alit
• alīt

alat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of alō

From Arabic آلَة‎ (ʾāla).

alat (Jawi spelling الت‎, plural alat-alat, informal 1st possessive alatku, 2nd possessive alatmu, 3rd possessive alatnya)

1. tool

• alet, halat, halet

From Arabic آلَة‎ (ʾāla).

alat ?

1. tool, implement
2. instrument
3. device
4. apparatus
5. appliance

• hàlāt (Bosnian, poetic)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلت‎ (âlet) (Turkish alet), from Persian آلت‎ (âlat), from Arabic آلَة‎ (ʾāla).

• IPA^(key): /ǎlaːt/
• Hyphenation: a‧lat

àlāt m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла̄т)

1. tool
2. instrument

• oruđe, pomagalo

• àlatka

• Hyphenation: a‧lat
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔalat/, [ˈʔa.lɐt]

From Proto-Philippine *aDat. Compare Ilocano adat (“bad taste”), Kapampangan alat (“saltiness”), Masbatenyo arat (“saltiness”), Aklanon aeat (“salty”), and Hiligaynon alat (“saltiness”). For the "unlucky" sense, compare Spanish salado (“unlucky (of a person)”, literally “salty”).

alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

1. salty

   Synonym: maalat

2. (figurative) unlucky

   Synonym: malas

alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

1. saltiness
2. (figurative) bad luck; unluckiness

   Synonym: malas

Backslang from tala (“star”), a reference to the star badges worn by police officers.

alat (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜆ᜔)

1. (slang, back slang) police officer; cop

   Synonyms: (slang) lespu, (slang) parak, pulis

• “alat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN