Alas

//əˈlæs//

Synonyms for "alas" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (4)

Adverb(2 words)
regretfullysadly
Adverb(1 words)
regrettably
Phrase(1 words)
too bad

Related words (6)

Adverb(2 words)
unfortunatelyunluckily
Intj(1 words)
woe is me

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Synonyms

3 entries

derived

4 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

137 translations across 54 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • bobo intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • bubu intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • vaj intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • φεῦ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Arabic

2 entries
  • وَا حَسْرَتَاه intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • وَاهًا intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ավաղ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ափսոս intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Breton

1 entries
  • siwazh intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • уви́ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ai las intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • ئاخ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ئەفسۆس intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • داخاکەم intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ھاوار intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 哎呀 intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • 唉 intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • 嗚呼 /呜呼 intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Czech

1 entries
  • běda intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Danish

1 entries
  • ak intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ach en wee intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • helaas intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • i-imi-m-w-A30 intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ve intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kahjuks intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • paraku intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kauheaa intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • kuinka ikävää intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • voi kauhistus intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • suppa noun (type of depression)

French

1 entries
  • hélas intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Galician

1 entries
  • ai intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ვაი intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ვაი მე intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

German

4 entries
  • ach intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • bedauerlicherweise intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • leider intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • weh intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌹 intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Greek

2 entries
  • αλίμονο intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • φευ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אֲהָהּ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • אֵיכָה intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • אוֹי intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Hiligaynon

2 entries
  • abá intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • abáo intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • ajjaj intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • haj intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • jaj intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • sajna intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Ido

1 entries
  • ve intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Irish

2 entries
  • abhó intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • faraor intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Italian

2 entries
  • ahimé intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • purtroppo intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ああ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • あたら intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಅಯ್ಯೋ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • éishêu intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Latin

3 entries
  • eheu intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • heu intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • vae intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Māori

2 entries
  • auē intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • taukuri intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • mixabin intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • akk intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ailàs intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Old English

1 entries
  • ēalā intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Persian

3 entries
  • آوخ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • افسوس intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • وای intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Polish

2 entries
  • biada intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ałas noun (type of depression)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ai de mim intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • guai intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • heu intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Romanian

1 entries
  • vai intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Russian

3 entries
  • ах intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • увы́ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • алас noun (type of depression)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • mo chreach intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • mo sgal intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • mo thruaighe intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • och intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jȁo intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • jȏj intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • kȕkū intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • lȅle intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Slovak

1 entries
  • bohužiaľ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aj (disused) intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ax intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ay intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ay de mí intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • ke intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Swedish

3 entries
  • ack intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • dödisgrop noun (type of depression)
  • dödishåla noun (type of depression)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అయ్యో intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Thai

4 entries
  • พิโธ่ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • พุทถัง intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • พุทโธ่ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • พุทโธ่พุทถัง intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • ཀྱི་ཧུད intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ཀྱེ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ཀྱེ་མ intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Turkish

3 entries
  • ah intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • aman intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • eyvah intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Welsh

3 entries
  • druan ohonof intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • gwae fi intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)
  • och fi intj (exclamation of sorrow, etc.)

Yakut

1 entries
  • алаас noun (type of depression)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Alas, she died young.

Source: tatoeba (72115)

Alas, he died young.

Source: tatoeba (72117)

Alas, what ill luck has befallen me!

Source: tatoeba (72119)

Alas! We are ruined.

Source: tatoeba (72132)

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