alga

Other forms of alga

plural

algas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alga

What does alga mean?

alga means "primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves".

How many syllables are in alga?

alga has 2 syllables: al-ga. The stress falls on "al".

What is another word for alga?

Close synonyms include algae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alga a common word?

alga is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.