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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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alas

/əˈlas/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈlas/

əˈlas

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ə - ˈlas -> alas

Myanmar meaning

(interj) (ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း၊နောင်တရခြင်း ဖြင့် မြည်တမ်းသော စကား)။ အလိုလေး။

Full entry

alas /ǝ'læs/ interj (dated or rhet )

(ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း၊ နောင်တရခြင်း ဖြင့် မြည်တမ်းသော စကား)။ အလိုလေး။
Alas, we never seem to learn from our mistakes. ❍ The same, alas, cannot be said of his son.

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alas /ǝ'læs/ interj ( dated or rhet ) (ဝမ်းနည်းခြင်း၊ နောင်တရခြင်း ဖြင့် မြည်တမ်းသော စကား)။ အလိုလေး။ Alas, we never seem to learn from our mistakes.
The same, alas, cannot be said of his son.

Synonyms

unfortunately, sadly, regrettably, ah, ahem, ala, as luck would have it, dear, dear me, egad, er, gee, golly, hey, hooray, huh, interjection, jeepers, more's the pity, oh, oops, phew, phooey, pooh, psst, too bad, ugh, um, unhappily, unluckily, whoopee, woe, woe is me

Cross references

unfortunately sadly regrettably ah ahem ala as luck would have it dear dear me egad er gee golly hey hooray huh interjection jeepers more's the pity oh oops phew phooey pooh psst too bad ugh um

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