Definition/Meaning of alas

• English - Interjection: alas Used to express sorrow , regret , compassion , grief , resignation , or disappointment . I wanted to catch the last bus home, but alas , I was ten minutes late and had to take a taxi instead. c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott: Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayneThe enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnesOf on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
• English - Noun: alas (plural alases or alasses) A type of geological depression formed by the subsidence of permafrost , sometimes (partially) filled by a lake . Alternative forms: alass, alaas 1973, Arctic Bulletin, page 35: […] alasses probably exist south of the Yukon Flats. Another bus tour went to the east, and alasses and pingos were examined on the terraces.
• English - Anagrams: aals , Lasa
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. 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 . Etymology 2. From Yakut алаас (alaas).
• English - Pronunciation: (UK) IPA: /əˈlæs/ , /əˈlɑːs/ (US) IPA: /əˈlæs/ (New Zealand) IPA: /ɘˈlɛs/ IPA: /əˈlɑːs/ , /əˈlæs/ Rhymes: -æs