different between aisle vs arsle

English

Alternative forms

• isle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French aisle (“wing”) (Modern French aile), from Latin ?la.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: ?l, IPA^(key): /a??l/
• Rhymes: -a?l
• Homophones: I'll, isle

Noun

aisle (plural aisles)

1. A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
2. A clear path through rows of seating.
3. A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
4. Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
5. (transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.

   Do you want to seat window or aisle?

6. (US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.

Synonyms

• (path senses): isle
• (seat beside an aisle): aisle seat

Antonyms

• (seat on the aisle side): window, window seat

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Alesi, ELISA, Elias, eLISA, saile, slaie

French

Noun

aisle f (plural aisles)

1. Obsolete form of aile.

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

aisle f (genitive singular aisle, nominative plural aislí)

1. Alternative form of aisling (“vision; vision poem”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aisle f

1. inflection of aisil (“part, piece, joint”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. plural

Etymology 3

Noun

aisle f

1. inflection of aiseal (“axle”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. plural

Mutation

Further reading

• "aisle" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aesle, æsle

Etymology

From Old French aile, from Latin ala with the addition of an unetymological s

Noun

aisle f (plural aisles)

1. wing (anatomical structure of flying animals)

Descendants

• English: aisle
• French: aile

English

Etymology

From arse +? -le.

Verb

arsle (third-person singular simple present arsles, present participle arsling, simple past and past participle arsled)

1. Alternative form of assle

Anagrams

• Arels, LASER, Lares, Laser, Searl, arles, earls, lares, laser, lears, rales, reals, saler, seral

Swedish

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from arslet., definite form of arsel, with the same meaning, from an Old Swedish contraction of ars (cognate with English arse) + hol, hul (cognate with English hole), identical to English arsehole.

Noun

arsle n

1. (vulgar) arse/ass
2. (vulgar, offensive) arse/ass, arsehole/asshole, jerk

Declension

Synonyms

• röv

Anagrams

• arsel, leras, reals