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ale
English
Alternative forms
- eale (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Swedish öl), from Proto-Indo-European *h?elut- (“beer”), or *h?elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ?? (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian ??? (??i); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), al?ta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ????????? (alúdoimos, “bitter”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /e?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)
- (dated) A beer made without hops.
- A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
- A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Synonyms
- (liquor): beer (loosely), yill
Derived terms
- alewife
- brown ale
- cakes and ale
- ginger ale
- India pale ale
- pale ale
- real ale
Related terms
- alehouse
- bridal
- gruit
Translations
Descendants
- ? Dutch: ale
- ? Finnish: ale
- ? French: ale
Anagrams
- E-la, EAL, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ael, lea
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??le/
Interjection
alé
- signifies surprise; wow!
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Bambara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [àle]
Pronoun
ale
- him
Basque
Noun
ale
- grain
Declension
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al?/
- Rhymes: -al?
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Conjunction
ale
- but
- Synonym: avšak
See also
- jenže
Further reading
- ale in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- ale in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?l/
- Hyphenation: ale
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
ale m or n (uncountable)
- ale
Estonian
Etymology
Cognate to Finnish halme and Livvi halmeh. From either Proto-Germanic *halmaz or a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian salms and Latvian želmuo.
Noun
ale (genitive ale, partitive alet)
- slash-and-burn (the technique)
- the forest cut down to create new land in slash-and-burn
- the land created through slash-and-burn
Declension
Finnish
Etymology 1
< alennusmyynti (“sale”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??le/, [??le?]
- Rhymes: -?le
- Syllabification: a?le
Noun
ale
- (colloquial) sale (selling of goods at bargain prices)
Declension
Compounds
- alehalli
- alehinta
Etymology 2
From English ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ei?l/, [?e?i?l]
- Syllabification: ale
Noun
ale
- ale (type of beer)
Declension
In speech, type 5 (risti) is normally used, giving for instance nominative singular eil, genitive eilin, partitive eiliä, nominative plural eilit and genitive plural eilien.
Anagrams
- Lea
French
Etymology
From English ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l/
Noun
ale f (plural ales)
- ale
- 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:
- il mangea un rosbif aux pommes et s'enfourna deux pintes d’ale, excité par ce petit goût de vacherie musquée que dégage cette fine et pâle bière.
- He ate roast beef with apples and put away two pints of ale, excited by the little taste of musky trickery given off by this fine, pale beer.
- il mangea un rosbif aux pommes et s'enfourna deux pintes d’ale, excité par ce petit goût de vacherie musquée que dégage cette fine et pâle bière.
- 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, XI:
Further reading
- “ale” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin ?la.
Noun
ale f (plural alis)
- wing
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French aller (“go”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.le/
Verb
ale
- go
- Synonym: al
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.le/
- Hyphenation: à?le
Noun
ale f
- (poetic) plural of ala; wings.
See also
- ali
Latin
Verb
ale
- second-person singular present active imperative of al?
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?al?/, [?al?]
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Conjunction
ale
- but
Further reading
- ale in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- ale in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Lule Sami
Verb
ale
- second-person singular imperative of ij
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French aller.
Verb
ale (medial form al)
- To go
Middle Dutch
Etymology
from Old Dutch *alo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu.
Noun
?le n
- ale
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: aal
- Limburgish: aal
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “ale”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ail
Etymology
From Old English ealu, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h?elut-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?l(?)/
Noun
ale (plural ales)
- ale (beverage)
Related terms
- bridale
Descendants
- English: ale
- Scots: yill, ale, aill, ayll
References
- “?le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?ale/
Verb
ale
- second-person singular imperative of ii
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ale (present tense el or aler, past tense ol or alte, supine ale or alt, past participle alen or alt, present participle alande, imperative al)
- Alternative form of ala
Anagrams
- ela, lea
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.l?/
- Homophones: Ale, Al?
Conjunction
ale
- but
Particle
ale
- (colloquial) used at the beginning of sentence for emphasis
- used at the beginning of sentence similar to English "hey, not so fast", especially when used multiple times
Further reading
- ale in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- ale in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Verb
ale
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of alar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.le/
Article
ale
- of (feminine/neuter plural possessive article)
See also
- al (masculine/neuter singular)
- a (feminine singular)
- ai (masculine plural)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *a li, *a le.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âle/
- Hyphenation: a?le
Conjunction
?le (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (Kajkavian) but
- (Kajkavian) however
Synonyms
- ali
Spanish
Etymology
From English ale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?eil/, [?ei?l]
Noun
ale f (plural ales)
- ale (intoxicating liquor)
Tagalog
Noun
ale
- stepmother
- aunt
References
- The Tagalog Pinoy Dictionary
Tarantino
Noun
ale
- wing (of a bird etc)
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *a le, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Conjunction
ale
- but
ale From the web:
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alew
English
Etymology
Imitative. Compare halloo.
Noun
alew (plural alews)
- (obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.6:
- Yet did she not lament with loude alew, / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.6:
Anagrams
- e-law, lawe, wale, weal
Gothic
Romanization
alew
- Romanization of ????????????????
alew From the web:
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