alas

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From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas.

From Yakut алаас (alaas).

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bubu — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Albanian: bobo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Albanian: vaj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Amharic: ወዮ (wäyo) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Arabic: وَا حَسْرَتَاه (wā ḥasratāh) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Arabic: وَاهًا (wāhan) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Armenian: ափսոս (apʻsos) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Armenian: ավաղ (avaġ) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Breton: siwazh — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Bulgarian: уви́ (uví) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Catalan: ai las — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 唉 (āi) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 哎呀 (āiyā) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗚呼 /呜呼 (wūhū) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Czech: běda — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Danish: ak — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Dutch: helaas — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Dutch: ach en wee — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Egyptian: i-imi-m-w-A30 (jmw) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Esperanto: ve — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Estonian: paraku — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Estonian: kahjuks — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Finnish: voi kauhistus — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Finnish: kauheaa — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Finnish: kuinka ikävää — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• French: hélas — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Galician: ai — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Georgian: ვაი (vai) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Georgian: ვაი მე (vai me) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• German: leider — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• German: ach — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• German: bedauerlicherweise — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• German: weh — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Greek: φευ (fef) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Greek: αλίμονο (alímono) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Ancient Greek: φεῦ (pheû) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hebrew: אוֹי (oy) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hebrew: אֵיכָה (eykha) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hebrew: אֲהָהּ (ahah) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hiligaynon: abá — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hiligaynon: abáo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hungarian: ajjaj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hungarian: jaj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hungarian: haj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hungarian: sajnos — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Hungarian: sajna — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Ido: ve — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Irish: abhó — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Irish: faraor — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Italian: ahimé — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Italian: purtroppo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Japanese: ああ (ā) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Japanese: あたら (atara) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Kannada: ಅಯ್ಯೋ (ayyō) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Central Kurdish: ئاخ (ax) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Central Kurdish: ھاوار (hawar) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Central Kurdish: ھەی ھاوار (hey hawar) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Central Kurdish: داخاکەم (daxakem) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Central Kurdish: ئەفسۆس (efsos) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Northern Kurdish: mixabin — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Latin: eheu — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Latin: heu — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Latin: vae — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Māori: auē — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Māori: taukuri — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Khiamniungan Naga: éishêu — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Norwegian: akk — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Occitan: ailàs — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Old English: ēalā — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Persian: افسوس (afsus) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Persian: آوخ (âvax) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Persian: وای (vây) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Polish: biada — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Portuguese: ai de mim — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Portuguese: heu — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Portuguese: guai — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Romanian: vai — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Russian: увы́ (uvý) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Russian: ах (ax) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: och — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: mo thruaighe — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: mo chreach — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: mo sgal — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: јо̑ј — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏о — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏ле — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: ку̏кӯ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: а̀ва̄ј — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: jȏj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅle — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: kȕkū — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: àvāj — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Slovak: bohužiaľ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Spanish: ay — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Spanish: (pues) en fin — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Spanish: (pues) ni modo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Spanish: pero bueno — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Spanish: ya ni modo — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Sranan Tongo: ke — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Sranan Tongo: eru — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Swedish: ack — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Telugu: అయ్యో (ayyō) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: อนิจจา (à-nít-jaa) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: โถ (tǒo) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: โธ่ (tôo) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: พิโธ่ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: พุทโธ่ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: พุทถัง — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: อพิโถ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: อพิโธ่ — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: อพิโธ่อพิถัง — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: พุทโธ่พุทถัง — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Thai: อพิโธ่พิถัง — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Tibetan: ཀྱེ (kye) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Tibetan: ཀྱཻ (kyai) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Tibetan: ཀྱེ་མ (kye ma) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Tibetan: ཀྱི་ཧུད (kyi hud) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Tibetan: ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད (kye ma hud) — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Turkish: ah — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Turkish: aman — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Turkish: eyvah — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Welsh: och fi — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Welsh: gwae fi — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Welsh: druan ohonof — exclamation of sorrow, etc.
• Finnish: suppa — type of depression
• Polish: ałas — type of depression
• Russian: алас (alas) — type of depression
• Swedish: dödisgrop — type of depression
• Swedish: dödishåla — type of depression
• Yakut: алаас (alaas) — type of depression