different between alate vs alae

English

Etymology 1

Latin ?l?tus, from ?la (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e??le?t/ enPR: ??l?t'

Adjective

alate (comparative more alate, superlative most alate)

1. (entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.

Synonyms

• alated

Derived terms

• alation
• bialate
• dealate
• exalate
• subalate
• trialate

Noun

alate (plural alates)

1. A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.

Etymology 2

a- +? late.

Adverb

alate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) recently; lately; of late.
   • 1552, Hugh Latimer, the first sermon upon the Lord's Prayer

     There hath been alate such tales spread abroad.

Italian

Verb

alate

1. second-person plural present indicative of alare
2. second-person plural imperative of alare
3. feminine plural of alato

Anagrams

• altea, talea

Latin

Adjective

?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?l?tus

English

Alternative forms

• alæ

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?e??li/

Noun

alae

1. plural of ala.

References

• “ala”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.lae?/, [?ä???äe?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.le/, [???l?]

Noun

?lae f

1. inflection of ?la:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

References

• alae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)