อลัง
à-langMeaning
1AdjectiveB1
magnificent; spectacular; grand
magnificent, spectacular, grand, or extravagant (colloquial shortening of อลังการอลังการà-lang-gaangrand; magnificent)
Examples
งานแต่งngaan-dtɛ̀ngงานแต่งngaan-dtɛ̀ngwedding (ceremony/party); wedding eventเมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉnเมื่อคืนmʉ̂ʉa-kʉʉn1last night (the night before today)2last nightจัดjàtจัดjàt1[to] arrange; organize; set up2[to] provide; supply; allocate3intense; strong; extremeได้dâaiได้dâai1okay; sure; agreed2[to] get; obtain; receive3can; [to] be able to; may4[to] manage to; succeed in5actualized-action markerอลังà-langอลังà-langmagnificent; spectacular; grandมากmâakมากmâak1very; extremely2much; a lot; greatly3many; numerous
The wedding last night was organized very grandly.
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The dress she wore to the prom looked super extravagant.
เวทีwee-tiiคอนเสิร์ตkɔɔn-sə̀ətปีนี้bpii-níiทำtamออกมาɔ̀ɔk-maaได้dâaiอลังà-langกว่าgwàaปีที่แล้วbpii-tîi-lɛ́ɛoเยอะyə́เลยləəi
This year's concert stage was designed much more spectacularly than last year's.
โปรดักชั่นbproo-dàk-chânของkɔ̌ɔngละครเวทีlá-kɔɔn-wee-tiiเรื่องrʉ̂ʉangนี้níiอลังà-langมากmâakจนjonรู้สึกว่าrúu-sʉ̀k-wâaคุ้มค่าkúm-kâaตั๋วdtǔuaทุกบาทtúk-bàat
The production of this stage play is so magnificent that it feels worth every baht of the ticket.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is อลัง said อะ-ลัง?
à-lang
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classMid class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Mid class consonants
กจฎฏดตบปอ
Result
Low tone
à
Starts low and stays low, easing slightly down.
Mid class + No tone mark + Dead syllable → Low
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |